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["Anthony J. Albert" <albert AT polaris.umpi.maine.edu>]

On 7 Jan 2004 at 8:32, 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:
>Sindi Keesan wrote:
>>
>> Steven, since at least 3 of us have complained about 
>> the backspace problem  (which implies 10 times as many 
>> are just putting up with it),
>
>I simply don't understand where your backspace problem is 
>coming from.  I'm running BL2 right now and there is no 
>backspace problem.  
>
>Composing this message: backspace...backspace...no problem
>Lauch the browser:  backspace...backspace...no problem
>Open an xterm: backspace...backspace...no problem
>
>It is true that the xterm lacks the home/end/delete capability
>of the BL2 CLI, but backspace works fine.
>
>Cheers,
>Steven

Ah... I'd had the problem not in xterm, but in the command-line of 
icewm (when turned on) and in other applications, like "rxvt".

Anthony Albert
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