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From: Justin Gullingsrud (justin_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Mon Mar 25 2002 - 10:26:37 CST

Hi,

To get rid of the problem with delete, put the following line
in your .vmdrc file using vi as your text editor (there's probably
a way to do this in emcas, but this is how I know how to do it):

  stty erase ^H

The last characters are generated by typing control-v, then backspace.

'stty sane' also sometimes cures the problem.

Cheers,

Justin

On Mon, Mar 25, 2002 at 09:07:14AM -0600, John Stone wrote:
>
> Hi Margaret,
> Since the VMD command console is actually a Tcl
> shell (or Python, depending on which mode is active)
> it can sometimes interpret escape and control characters
> in an unfortunate way, where you need to add ] characters
> to get it to give your prompt back. This problem is caused
> by the default interpretation of these control characters by
> the xterm and/or windows command console. We hope to rid
> VMD of this behavior when we replace these with our own
> window for this purpose, written by us. Until then, try
> pressing the "]" key and pressing enter, and repeat a few
> times if the problem persists. If I think of any better
> suggestions, I'll let you know.
>
> Thanks,
> John Stone
> vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
>
> On Mon, Mar 25, 2002 at 04:28:09AM -0800, Margaret Cheung wrote:
> >
> > Dear vmd users and developers,
> >
> > I suffered from the key setting of the vmd console.
> > Whenever I accidently hit "delete" or "backspace", vmd prompt
> > disappeared and a question mark appeared. Once the question mark appeared,
> > the shell just died and can not accept commands. I had to re-start vmd and
> > reload tons of coordinates again to make movies. How can I get rid of
> > this "?" mark. Please help. Thank you very much.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> > Margaret S. Cheung
> > Biophysics Program
> > Physics Department 0319
> > University of California, San Diego
> > 9500 Gilman Drive,
> > La Jolla, CA 92093-0319
> > http://www-physics.ucsd.edu/~cheung
> >
>
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