Backspace Info

If backspace does not work

in a shell

Type 

      stty erase ^V
(That is CTRL-V followed by the backspace key)

in vim

Add this to ~/.vimrc 

    :set t_kb=^V
    :fixdel
(That is CTRL-V followed by the backspace key)

in a x program

(Not sure this works - not verified)

Add this line to ~/.Xresources 
      *ttyModes: erase ^V
(That is CTRL-V followed by the backspace key)