Backspace drivin' me nuts!
Ok, i tried to resolve this problem on my own, but endin up askin you guys. The guru's.
I have this problem on UNIX.
* first i login
* then i type screen
* then i su to oracle
now, at this point when i type echo $TERM is see vt220.
at this point my destructive backspace works. (in the shell that is)
now comes the weird part:
When i login to sqlplus and type !echo $TERM is still see vt220
but my backspace won't work. in fact, the cursor moves one position to the left, and i can type OVER the character, but then when i see in vi my query i typed in:
select name from v$datan^Hbase (note i make an mistake on purpose, type datan then i use backspace and correct my giant mistake to type in the b over the n, and u see the result!!! no backspace performed at all, the 'old' character in place and still the annoying ^H)
i have stty erase ^H in my profile.
thanks in advance