Nano Deleting Backwards when SSHing into Linux Machines

   By chris on June 23rd 2008 in /dev/random | 428 views

The solution to a little problem was was annoying the heck out of me. When SSHing into Linux machines from my OS X laptop the Delete key in nano would forward-delete instead of backwards-delete, meaning that it would not delete the typing mistake I just made, but rather whatever text came after that point.

The solution: open the preferences in Terminal, go to the Advanced tab, and check on Delete sends Ctrl-H.

Log back into the Linux machine and backward-delete should be working in nano again.

Update: This only works with a version that has an Advanced tab, which may be a Leopard-only thing.



3 Responses to “Nano Deleting Backwards when SSHing into Linux Machines”

  1. Firth responded on 01 Jul 2008 at 5:39 pm #

    When I go to Terminal->Preferences, there is no Advanced Tab. Is there another way to fix this problem of forward-deleting? And more importantly, where the heck is my Advanced Tab?

    Cheers.

  2. chris responded on 01 Jul 2008 at 5:54 pm #

    Check out the screenshot I just added, above. If you don’t have that in your Terminal you probably have an older version. I’m not sure what to do to get the same behaviour then.

  3. MatItato responded on 02 Aug 2008 at 7:17 pm #

    Thanks for the post

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