alan@ahmcs.uucp (Alan Mintz) (06/09/91)
What does it take to get SCO UNIX / SCO Foxbase+ to interpret the DELETE key (sent by the VT series terminals as the backspace) as a backspace ? The terminal is capable of sending a BS instead of the DEL, but it also needs to be used on a VMS system. The terminals talk to the SCO system and a VAXcluster through Xyplex terminal servers. It would be unrealistic to expect the users to switch the terminal configuration when they switch hosts. 1) I can " stty intr '^\' ; stty erase '^?' " to get the O/S to interpret it as a backspace, but it doesn't erase chars on the terminal (the cursor doesn't move). 2) The second problem deals with SCO Foxbase+ wanting to interpret DEL the same as Ctrl-Q. Defining kbs in terminfo and kb in termcap doesn't keep Fox from mapping it to Ctrl-Q before interpreting it as a backspace. It seems like the solution is to translate the DEL to BS before anything sees it. Any ideas ? -- < Alan H. Mintz | alan@mq.com | ...!uunet!ahmcs!alan >