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iTerm, vim and backspace

End your backspace woes when using vim remotely with iTerm by adding one simple keyboard mapping. Go to iTerm preferences, Profiles, Keyboard, choose Profile=Global, add this mapping…

Key: delete
Action: send hex code
Hex code: 0x08

Tell your bookmarks to use the Global keyboard setting.

I am always baffled that after years and years we still have to deal with stuff like that.

12 Responses to “iTerm, vim and backspace”

  1. J. said, on 18. July 2007 at 3:36

    This was helpful to me. Thanks!

  2. Raam said, on 1. August 2007 at 23:26

    Awesome! That helped a lot! Thanks!

  3. Jakub Steiner said, on 13. August 2007 at 15:10

    Thanks for saving my forehead. It’s really ridiculous this isn’t a default.

  4. Jeff said, on 17. August 2007 at 0:32

    Words cannot express the frustration you have removed from my online life. I salute you!

  5. Ryan said, on 20. August 2007 at 22:49

    Gracias. That saved me a ton of hunting around to figure out why the Mac is so good at some things and so bad at some others. Now I can really use my Mac as my main dev machine at work.

  6. Ted said, on 21. August 2007 at 21:30

    Thanks! Found via google search ;)

  7. nuc said, on 16. October 2007 at 11:36

    this is sooo nice…..

    i would almost hate vi because of this…

    thank you soo much

  8. Secrice said, on 14. December 2007 at 16:00

    Thank you! Finally I found..

  9. iamtuxmeister said, on 1. July 2008 at 0:40

    You are a god among mortals. I salute you!

  10. heisel.org > iTerm, vim and backspace said, on 6. December 2008 at 20:02

    [...] iTerm, vim and back­space - Can some­one tell me why this doesn't just work "out of the box?" [...]

  11. dty said, on 19. January 2009 at 1:06

    Thank you! You are a life saver!

  12. Jonathan said, on 23. April 2009 at 19:14

    Thank you so much for this. Wonderful.

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