> > >Description:
> > 	The original vi treated ^H and ^? as identical during input
> > 	mode but nvi only accepts ^? for deleting a character -- ^H is
> > 	input as an ordinary character.
> > 
> > 	Because I (and many others) use vi on commercial unices
> > 	the difference in behaviour is annoying.  Different keyboards
> > 	are unavoidable, this kind of incompatibility isn't.
> 
> hmm.  i got identical behaviour between Ultrix vi and nvi; in an
> xterm, both accept ^H for deleting a character in input mode.
> (and yes, my erase character is set to ^?...)
> 
> I get the same behaviour on a pc3 console, too...
> 
> are you running the latest nvi, in -current?

I'm running nvi version 1.03 (from 05Mar94).
Perhaps it has changed but 1.03 treats them differently.
Sorry for the hassle caused but I can't upgrade very often.

Bob


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