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Re: zsh in screen - bad erase key ^@ instead of ^H or ^?

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From: Wayne Davison <wayned@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Chuck <GBSCDcM8oX5F7qrd@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: zsh in screen - bad erase key ^@ instead of ^H or ^?
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 07:01:48 -0800
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On Mon, Dec 17, 2007 at 11:09:55PM -0800, Chuck wrote:
> ^v(bs key) tells me bs is currently ^@.

Check your screenrc files to see if the backspace key is being handled
specially.  I've seen the following in /etc/screenrc on some older systems:

bindkey -d -k kb stuff ^H

Perhaps yours has ^@?  You can override this by leaving off the "stuff"
command:

bindkey -d -k kb

..wayne..

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