Satish Balay <balay(a)fastmail.fm> writes:
Just to be sure - I noted the version of the old xterm - 179-5 (FC1)
>
> I haven't had to piddle around with the erase setting for a very long
> time, but now with new xterm I get the behavior described, in emacs -nw.
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> I see what you mean about `less'. That has changed too. So this
> must be another setting... maybe the `-/+ ie' (initiate erase)
I did a diff of all the settings (from 'stty -a > log' ) and they
were the same (except for the screen size of the 2 xterms)
Ok, so much for that theory... what do you suppose explains the fact
that the backspc key now acts differently?
I'v very certain I wasn't getting the respective behavior in emacs or
less prior to this change.