How to make backspace key be backspace?

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From: John Krivitsky
Date: Sat, 25 May 1996 00:00

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My Linux system has a really annoying problem - the backspace key maps to the
delete key. In an Xterm I can use `stty erase ^?', but in any other X program
it's still the delete key.

I'm sure this is in a FAQ somewhere, but I have been unable to find it. I'd
rather not remap the delete key to a ^H because then the delete key won't work.

Any advice? Please CC me an e-mail. Thanks!

					jk

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From: jk@cs.curtin.edu.au (John Krivitsky)
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Date: 1996/05/25
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