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sumncguy

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May 22, 2006
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I have another issue. If I prompt the user for info, if I try to correct a typo buy hitting the backspace or arrow key, pressing those keys displays control characters that hose up the execution.
 
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Is this in a Tcl-shell, or a Tk-shell? If the former, I think it's your keyboard settings. What OS?

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I am using zsh in a Solaris environment.
 
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This is not a Tcl question, per se, but I think you have to do this in your zsh:
stty erase <backspace>

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