VI displaying ^? 1

[TSch]

Hi folks,

I just set up a new machine (AIX V6.1).
Problem is that when using VI editor the backspace key always display a ^? instead of doing what it's supposed to do.

I checked all

.kshrc
.profile
/etc/profile
/etc/environment

settings and compared them with the settings on other machines that don't have this problem.

Also tried set -o vi or set -o emacs ...

What am I missing ??

Regards
Thomas

 

[p5wizard]

That is more than likely a terminal or ssh/telnet client (PuTTY?) settings problem...



HTH,

p5wizard

 

[TSch]

You were right !
Thanks a lot !

 

[MoreFeo]

As p5wizard says it looks like a terminal client problem. I sometimes have this issue when using an old putty version, often with telnet but not with ssh.

When I have this problem I type "stty erase ^?" (using backspace to type ^?) and after that the backspace key just works fine.

If you always use the same terminal you can add this line to the .profile.

 

[p5wizard]

Or you can edit the default settings of PuTTY under "Terminal -> Keyboard: "The Backspace Key" => Control-H instead of Control-? (127)


HTH,

p5wizard