In message <E0xAIUk-0004FM-00@taurus.cus.cam.ac.uk>
          prlw1@cam.ac.uk (Patrick Welche) wrote:

> Paul Whiting wrote:
> >
> > A small but annoying problem is that I can't delete things that I
> > mistype. Often the 'Delete' key does not work, displaying '^?'.
> > Typing 'stty erase ^h' does not help at these times. The problem is
> > however intermittent - and seems not to affect me so much if I log
> > on as 'root'.
>
> Instead of ^h, try actually pressing the delete key. (As from your
> description ^? rather than ^h would be more suitable). so
> stty erase <delete key>

Whenever you're trying to do that, you hit one of the rare occasions
when Delete is deleting :-/.

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