by You might try first changing the behavior or your telnet client. My telnet
client has options such as "Backspace sends delete" and "Delete sends
backspace." It also allows you to remap keys to send specific escape
sequences.
Paul G. Fitzgerald
Quote:> All of my users use a Vt220 emulator that produces a DEL char
> for their backspace button on their PCs. We do an "stty erase ^?"
> after they log in which sets their erase functionality fine, but they
> want it to work at the LOGIN and PASSWORD prompts, too. Im thinking:
> 1) If I can find out how to set this in terminfo
> &
> 2) I can find or set the terminfo type that's used by default at the
> LOGIN prompt.
> I'm golden!
> Can anyone tell me how to do the equivalent of "stty erase ^?" in a
> terminfo definition?
> AND
> Can I do this to the "dumb" definition (that's what seems to be the
> default) and get the behavior I seek? Or, alternatively, and probably
> even more desirable, how can I get VT220 (after I've modified it
> accordingly) to be the default TERM type for my telnet ptys?
> Thank you