cygwin : bash doesn't recognize BackSpace

[Andrei Dmitriev]

Eliot Moss wrote:
> On 5/27/2010 6:48 AM, Andrei Dmitriev wrote:
>> ** Hello,
>>
>> after I installed the cygwin on May 19 the bash console don't recognize
>> *********BACKSPACE***** and continue to follow to the right each time I
>> press BACKSPACE.
>> Although, seem it actually erases the chars from the left (ENTER says
>> nothing - so I concluded the command is empty).
>
> Just as under Unix, you probably need to use stty to set things the
> way you want them.  stty -a will print all the settings, and man stty
> describes them.  
I see it in:
bash-3.2$ stty -a
speed 38400 baud; rows 75; columns 160; line = 0;
intr = ^C; quit = ^\; erase = ^?; kill = ^U; eof = ^D; eol = <undef>; 
eol2 = <undef>; swtch = ^Z; start = ^Q; stop = ^S; susp = ^Z; rprnt = 
^R; werase = ^W;
lnext = ^V; flush = ^O; min = 1; time = 0;
-parenb -parodd cs8 -hupcl -cstopb cread -clocal -crtscts
-ignbrk brkint -ignpar -parmrk -inpck -istrip -inlcr -igncr icrnl ixon 
-ixoff -iuclc -ixany -imaxbel
opost -olcuc -ocrnl onlcr -onocr -onlret -ofill -ofdel nl0 cr0 tab0 bs0 
vt0 ff0
isig icanon iexten echo -echoe -echok -echonl -noflsh -tostop -echoctl 
-echoke

Nothing really changes if I do "stty erase 0x07" or "stty erase ^?"
> You certainly want icanon.  My settings also show
> erase ^? .  Another place to look is .inputrc for bash.  
Hm, I don't have one.
> Also,
> whatever terminal you're using (mintty? xterm?) can no doubt get
> involved.
Don't see any difference between if I run cmd.exe, far.exe or cygwin 
console directly from the c:/cygwin/ and then run bash.

Any other ideas? :(

Thanks,
  Andrei


>
> -- Eliot Moss


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