4gl backspace and linux

hello, with linux (different distro) backspace key in a 4gl form is going backward but doesn't erase. i use termcap with kb=^h. i have open a case with ibm. if somebody get a workaround or face the same problem ? thanks.

On Oct 25, 12:32 pm, vomari...@yahoo.com wrote: > hello, > with linux (different distro) backspace key in a 4gl form is going > backward but doesn't erase. > i use termcap with kb=^h. > i have open a case with ibm. if somebody get a workaround or face the > same problem ? > thanks. Try 'stty erase ^h' before starting the 4GL. Like most modern UNIXes on Linux the terminal's erase is mapped to <del> by default. Annoying, but a fact of life. Art S. Kagel