as root on a 6.2 install export TERM=xterm-color screen echo ^V (then hit the backspace (^?, now a days)) It gets converted to "^[[3~" Outside of screen this conversion does NOT take place. This problem seems to be different than the ^H ^? dilemma
This problem still exiists in pinstrip RC1.
using TERM=something when the real terminal is something-else will always give you trouble :-) What happens here is that when you press backspace a ^? code is emitted ( at least on console and new xterms ), but this code means nothing, according to xterm-color termcap entry ( kb is defined as ^H there ). But why screen converts it to ^[[3~ is beyond me. screen probably need a good code clean-up. ^[[3~ is by-the-way usually the code for kD ( delete character after cursor ), the Delete key .
Just going through closing old non-issue bugs (works fine with latest and greatest from rawhide, just recompile from the SRPM) Phil =--=