Re: Odd interaction between tab and backspace

2014-09-07 Thread Mark Yagnatinsky
That makes much more sense. Thanks! On Sun, Sep 7, 2014 at 3:50 PM, Andrey Repin wrote: > Greetings, Andrey Repin! > >> Greetings, Mark Yagnatinsky! > >>> Sorry, no quoting this time. I don't have an ssh server either, I'm >>> using a weird telnet server described here: >>> http://www.chiark.g

Re: Odd interaction between tab and backspace

2014-09-07 Thread Andrey Repin
Greetings, Andrey Repin! > Greetings, Mark Yagnatinsky! >> Sorry, no quoting this time. I don't have an ssh server either, I'm >> using a weird telnet server described here: >> http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/cygwin-terminal-window.html > That's what mintty is. A PuTT

Re: Odd interaction between tab and backspace

2014-09-07 Thread Mark Yagnatinsky
Oh, ok. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple

Re: Odd interaction between tab and backspace

2014-09-07 Thread Andrey Repin
Greetings, Mark Yagnatinsky! > Sorry, no quoting this time. I don't have an ssh server either, I'm > using a weird telnet server described here: > http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/cygwin-terminal-window.html That's what mintty is. A PuTTY-based telnet (pty) client for C

Re: Odd interaction between tab and backspace

2014-09-07 Thread Mark Yagnatinsky
Sorry, no quoting this time. I don't have an ssh server either, I'm using a weird telnet server described here: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/cygwin-terminal-window.html -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com

Re: Odd interaction between tab and backspace

2014-09-07 Thread Andrey Repin
Greetings, Mark Yagnatinsky! >>> I've tried the following in mintty and in putty, and it happens in both: >> >>> First, launch cat or grep or similar. >>> Type a line with some tabs in it. >>> Try to backspace them away. >> >>> The tabs are erased one space at time, leading to ... You know what, >

Re: Odd interaction between tab and backspace

2014-09-07 Thread Mark Yagnatinsky
I see nothing wrong with your English, but ... I'm running the same version of PuTTY, and the problem persists. Could it be that I'm running it on the same computer, as described at http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/cygwin-terminal-window.html? On Sun, Sep 7, 2014 at 11:1

Re: Odd interaction between tab and backspace

2014-09-07 Thread Andrey Repin
Greetings, Mark Yagnatinsky! > I've tried the following in mintty and in putty, and it happens in both: > First, launch cat or grep or similar. > Type a line with some tabs in it. > Try to backspace them away. > The tabs are erased one space at time, leading to ... You know what, > why don't I j