Fixing the backspace and forward-delete keys in OS X 10.4′s Terminal.app

This one’s bugged the hell out of me for ages, but until I started using [GNU Screen](http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2004/3/9/16838/14935) I never got round to fixing it. Desp has the skinny on [fixing the backspace and forward-delete keys in OS X 10.4's Terminal.app](http://desp.night.pl/terminal.html).

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Published:: 02.04.07 / 3pm

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John-Michael 27.01.09 / 3pm

Link broken!
I am having the exact same problems with os x and screen and the backspace key — if you have any other links to resources to deal with this I would greatly appreciate an update to the post. (OSX 10.5.6)
Stef 27.01.09 / 4pm

Hi John-Michael. This might fix it:

In Terminal.app go to Preferences… then the Advanced tab. Tick the ‘Delete sends Ctrl-H’ option. Try it again, it’ll hopefully work as desired!

If not, choosing a different option in the ‘Declare terminal as’ dropdown may help, depending on what system you’re shelling into.

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