Subject: Backspace key stops working, starts deleting lines..

From: Bill Schoolcraft <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2003 11:04:37 -0700 (PDT)

Hello Family,

I will be using Pine-4.44 with no problems with VI as my editor
and for no apparent reason my ability to use my backspace key to
correct a typo stops and it then starts deleting lines below my
cursor so as I attempt to use backspace my .signature starts
moving up the screen.

Thanks

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From: Birl <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2003 14:33:21 -0400 (EDT)

As it was written on Sep 3, thus Bill Schoolcraft spake unto Pine...:

Bill:  Return-Path: <[email-masked]>
Bill:  Sender: [email-masked]
Bill:  Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2003 11:04:37 -0700 (PDT)
Bill:  From: Bill Schoolcraft <[email-masked]>
Bill:  To: Pine Discussion Forum <[email-masked]>
Bill:  Subject: Backspace key stops working, starts deleting lines..
Bill:
Bill:  Hello Family,
Bill:
Bill:  I will be using Pine-4.44 with no problems with VI as my editor
Bill:  and for no apparent reason my ability to use my backspace key to
Bill:  correct a typo stops and it then starts deleting lines below my
Bill:  cursor so as I attempt to use backspace my .signature starts
Bill:  moving up the screen.
Bill:
Bill:  Thanks

What does  `stty -a`  give you for output?
Have you tried holding down SHIFT or CTRL while pressing backspace?

 Thanks

 Scott Birl
 Senior Systems Administrator            Computer Services   Temple University
 1805 North Broad Street  Philadelphia   Pennsylvania 19122  United States
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From: Bill Schoolcraft <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2003 12:48:27 -0700 (PDT)

> Have you tried holding down SHIFT or CTRL while pressing backspace?

Thanks for your quick reply, here is the output of that command:

############################
[bill_@_corten8 ~]-> stty -a
speed 38400 baud; rows 33; columns 98; line = 0;
intr = ^C; quit = ^\; erase = ^H; kill = ^U; eof = ^D; eol =
<undef>; eol2 = <undef>; 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 -xcase
-tostop -echoprt echoctl echoke
############################

Holding down the SHIFT or CTRL key while hitting backspace still
deletes line below the cursor.

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From: Birl <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2003 11:00:32 -0400 (EDT)

Bill:  Return-Path: <[email-masked]>
Bill:  Sender: [email-masked]
Bill:  Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2003 12:48:27 -0700 (PDT)
Bill:  From: Bill Schoolcraft <[email-masked]>
Bill:  To: Pine Discussion Forum <[email-masked]>
Bill:  Subject: Re: Backspace key stops working, starts deleting lines..
Bill:
Bill:  At Wed, 3 Sep 2003 it looks like Birl composed:
Bill:
Bill:  > What does  `stty -a`  give you for output?
Bill:  > Have you tried holding down SHIFT or CTRL while pressing backspace?
Bill:  >
Bill:
Bill:  Thanks for your quick reply, here is the output of that command:
Bill:
Bill:  ############################
Bill:  [bill_@_corten8 ~]-> stty -a
Bill:  speed 38400 baud; rows 33; columns 98; line = 0;
Bill:  intr = ^C; quit = ^\; erase = ^H; kill = ^U; eof = ^D; eol =
Bill:  <undef>; eol2 = <undef>; start = ^Q;
Bill:  stop = ^S; susp = ^Z; rprnt = ^R; werase = ^W; lnext = ^V; flush
Bill:  = ^O; min = 1; time = 0;
Bill:  -parenb -parodd cs8 -hupcl -cstopb cread -clocal -crtscts
Bill:  -ignbrk brkint ignpar -parmrk -inpck -istrip -inlcr -igncr icrnl
Bill:  ixon -ixoff -iuclc -ixany
Bill:  imaxbel
Bill:  opost -olcuc -ocrnl onlcr -onocr -onlret -ofill -ofdel nl0 cr0
Bill:  tab0 bs0 vt0 ff0
Bill:  isig icanon iexten echo echoe echok -echonl -noflsh -xcase
Bill:  -tostop -echoprt echoctl echoke
Bill:  ############################
Bill:
Bill:
Bill:  Holding down the SHIFT or CTRL key while hitting backspace still
Bill:  deletes line below the cursor.

Although Im unable to replicate your problem as of right now, I know I
have experienced it before.

Typically erase is either ^H or ^?.  Since your's is ^H, I recommend
changing it to ^? via:

     stty erase ^v CTRL+BACKSPACE

This should produce a single character, ^?, as in:

     stty erase ^?

Execute the command and give vi another spin around the block.

HTH