Re: 1.7.3: Backspace key not working in GNU screen.

[Andy Koppe <andy dot koppe at gmail dot com>]

Christopher Faylor:
>>Workarounds: Add 'set CYGWIN=tty' to Cygwin.bat (or wherever you're
>>starting your session from), or use one of the other terminals.
>
> If setting CYGWIN=tty affects the setting of the backspace key for ptys
> then that's a bug in Cygwin. ÂYou really should *not* be setting
> CYGWIN=tty for applications like mintty, rxvt, xterm, ssh, screen, etc.,
> which use ptys. ÂReally.

The issue only affects the specific case of 'screen' running in the
console without 'tty' in the CYGWIN settings: the backspace key sends
^@ instead of what's set in the console's stty settings. Yes, I assume
it's a Cygwin bug.

Andy

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