Re: vt terminal

thorng@gusco.com wrote: > > I have a problem getting the backspace key to function correctly using a VT > terminal interfacing with a 4gl application running on a SUN box using Solaris > > The key simply leaves the keyed entry intact and resets the cursor to field > start. > > Please reply to thorng@gusco.com > > -----== Posted via Deja News, The Leader in Internet Discussion ==----- > http://www.dejanews.com/ Now offering spam-free web-based newsreading The bs key should send ctrl+h; does it? Try ctrl+h in the 4gl - that should work. Don't some VT terminals have ways of changing the code the bs key sends? The normal behaviour of the bs key in 4gl is to move left one character in the field - it doesn't erase the character. -- Peter Lancashire Information Systems Specialist, Bayer plc Eastern Way, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 7AH, UK Tel: +44-1635-562258, Fax: +44-1635-562281 Mail: Peter.Lancashire.PL1@bayer.co.uk --- My Internet plumbing does not allow me to mail and post news together. Sorry. All opinions are my own and not those of Bayer plc. --- Join Infuse, the UK Informix User Group at http://www.infuse.co.uk/