From: "T.E.Dickey" <dickey AT clark DOT net>
Subject: Re: vim key commands - not too kool
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> wrote:

> In those days, most terminals did NOT send ^H when you pressed
> Backspace, so the default binding actually made sense for most of the
> dumb terminals.  In fact, most Unix terminals didn't have a true
> Backspace key for a long time, Backspace was essentially invented by
> the PCs.  Unix terminals had DEL that sent the 7Fh code.

not exactly - it wasn't common practice to use the backspace code because
early terminal drivers did not echo it as backspace/space/backspace.  The
terminals themselves certainly did backspacing - but this was used mainly
for visual effects.

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