cygwin : bash doesn't recognize BackSpace

[Larry Hall (Cygwin)]

On 9/26/2010 9:30 AM, MikeS wrote:
> Larry Hall (Cygwin<reply-to-list-only-lh<at>  cygwin.com>  writes:
>
>>
>> On 5/27/2010 10:11 AM, RISINGP1<at>  nationwide.com wrote:
>>> I was having trouble with the backspace key, but it was with pdksh, so I
>>> don't know if this will work for you, but it is worth a try...
>>>
>>> Andy Koppe<andy.koppe<at>  gmail.com>   wrote:
>>>
>>>>  From the cygwin-1.7.5 release announcement:
>>>
>>> - Support DEC Backarrow Key Mode escape sequences (ESC [ ? 67 h,
>>>    ESC [ ? 67 l) in Windows console.
>>>
>>> (The first one switches to ^H. You'll need to set stty erase accordingly.)
>>
>> That's a different issue.  The OP's problem is a conflict with MKS,
>> particularly with environment variables both MKS and Cygwin use to define a
>> working terminal setting.
>>
>
> I have both MKS and cygwin. The following command: export TERM=cygwin
> fixed backspace issue.
> Before:
> $ env |grep TERM
> TERM=nutc
> TERMCAP=C:\PROGRA~1\MKSTOO~1\etc\termcap
> TERMINFO=C:\PROGRA~1\MKSTOO~1\usr\lib\terminfo
>
> After:
> $ env |grep TERM
> TERM=cygwin
> TERMCAP=C:\PROGRA~1\MKSTOO~1\etc\termcap
> TERMINFO=C:\PROGRA~1\MKSTOO~1\usr\lib\terminfo

Right.  Cygwin doesn't understand "nutc" as a terminal type (just as MKS
doesn't know "cygwin").  Setting the terminal type correctly for Cygwin
makes all the difference.

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A: Yes.
> Q: Are you sure?
>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?

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