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bds654@aerodec.anu.edu.au (Ben D. Stanley) writes:

>In article <rlang.781314635@xenon> rlang@ascod.newcastle.edu.au (Robert Lang) writes:

>> 
>> Hi, I just installed the latest version of Linux, and have the following
>> problems with xterms, although a friend says he only has these problems
>> with color_xterm and I haven't had time to confirm/deny this.
>> 
>> 1. When I press the backspace or delete key, it just drops to the next line
>> and what I have typed is lost -> very annoying.
>> 2. I can't "more" a file.  It shows one screen full of info and then just
>> exits instead of giving me the option for "more".  My friend said this happens
>> for him too and to use less but I'm keen for a solution too.
>> 
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The "problem" is that 3.1 has a different modemap (I think) than 2.x.  The
quick ugly hack that fixes it is to put the following line in your startup
file (in my case .bashrc):

stty intr ^C erase ^? kill ^U erase ^H susp ^Z rprnt ^R lnext ^V flush 10 min 1

The right fix is left as an excercise
-- 
Steve
harringt@eskimo.com