vim backspace

[Petrolhead]

Hi,

The backspace key on vim spits out a '^?' when pressed.
Anyone know how to fix this? Do I need to edit the .vimrc?

I dont think I have this file under my home dir

[0x12d3]

I'm not sure how you fix this. Most folk go to control mode and use the 'x' key as backspace. Good luck w/ yer keybinding though --.vimrc sounds like a good start.

[mdwatts]

These G4L search results for 'vim backspace' (http://www.google.com/linux?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=vim+backspace) will tell you what you need to add/modify in vimrc.

[Petrolhead]

got it..!(well partially atleast :-))

put "fixdel" in your .vimrc file
This will make your backspace kep work like the delete key but its not exactly the fix I was looking for, close enough though

[bs_texas]

I have a .vimrc file on my LFS system, and it includes a line:

set bs=2

You might try that.

That's similar to what I saw in one of the hits on mdwatts post above that said to use:
:set backspace=2

Interesting that I don't have .vimrc file on my red hat 8 machine or my slackware 9 machine and on both I chose to install everything.

regards...

[Petrolhead]

set bs=2
does'nt help..

You might have .viminfo

[mdwatts]

The global vim config on my distro is /etc/vimrc while the users is /home/<user>/.viminfo.

[mdwatts]

Has anyone suggested the JL Help File on 'Customizing VIM' (http://justlinux.com/nhf/Tools/Customizing_vim.html)?

[rid3r]

imho, you should set both:
set nocompatible
set backspace=indent,eol,start

$ locate vimrc
/usr/share/vim/vim61/vimrc_example.vim
$ cat /usr/share/vim/vim61/vimrc_example.vim > $HOME/.vimrc