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   Daniel to All   
   Re: Weirdness with backspace on python a   
   07 Dec 25 20:00:02   
   
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   Christian Sacks  writes:   
      
   > On 20 Oct 2025, Daniel said the following...   
   >   
   >  Da> Thank you so much broham. It appears, though, I can only implement   
   >  Da> one. When I do:   
   >  Da>   
   >  Da> stty erase '^[[C' && stty erase '^DD' && stty erase '^H' ...   
   >  Da> the arrow keys still output the junk.   
   >   
   > You can't map the arrow keys to erase afaik, you'd have to do   
   > something else or leave them as just arrow keys, which is what I'd   
   > probably do if it were me.   
      
   If the arrow key can't be used for navigating a text field, said arrow   
   keys shouldn't be outputting junk. I was hoping for a way to avoid   
   that. Perhaps I should stop using bash scripts as doors and do some real   
   coding.   
      
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