http://ask.metafilter.com/tags/Backspace Questions tagged with 'Backspace' at Ask MetaFilter. Thu, 16 Oct 2008 05:31:14 -0800 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 05:31:14 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/104385/Backspace%2Ddoesnt%2Dgo%2Dback%2Dunder%2Dscreen Can I make backspace work the same in a screen session as in a normal shell? I'm rather fond of screen, but what I don't like is the way that backspace becomes delete - ie it deletes the character under the cursor, rather than the one to the left, and gives an annoying "wuff wuff" message if the cursor is at the end of the line. <br> <br> Can this behaviour be adjusted to match the behaviour of the shell I started with?<br> <br> (this is under various ubuntus and OpenWRT - OSX doesn't have this problem) tag:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.104385 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 05:31:14 -0800 backspace linux screen shell pompomtom http://ask.metafilter.com/49988/Backspace%2DMalfunction I can't backspace in Microsoft office and I don't know why. I have an IBM T43p laptop running Microsoft office 2003 (and thus, Microsoft word 2003). Recently the backspace button has decided to stop working solely within Word; I can backspace individual spaces, but if I highlight a section and press backspace to delete, it moves the cursor to the the beginning of the highlighted area and un-highlights the text without getting rid of it. I've checked as many functions as I can think of, but have found nothing. There are no other problems with the keyboard, and the problem only exists in Office (specifically Word).<br> Any ideas? tag:ask.metafilter.com,2006:site.49988 Thu, 02 Nov 2006 06:11:48 -0800 Backspace IBM key T43p azriel2257