How to get VT220 DEL key recognized as BS under SCO UNIX/Foxbase+

[Alan Mintz]

What does it take to get SCO UNIX / SCO Foxbase+ to interpret the 
DELETE key (sent by the VT series terminals as the backspace) as
a backspace ?

The terminal is capable of sending a BS instead of the DEL, but it also needs 
to be used on a VMS system. The terminals talk to the SCO system and a 
VAXcluster through Xyplex terminal servers. It would be unrealistic to expect
the users to switch the terminal configuration when they switch hosts.

1) I can " stty intr '^\' ; stty erase '^?' " to get the O/S to interpret it as
a backspace, but it doesn't erase chars on the terminal (the cursor doesn't
move).

2) The second problem deals with SCO Foxbase+ wanting to interpret DEL
the same as Ctrl-Q. Defining kbs in terminfo and kb in termcap doesn't
keep Fox from mapping it to Ctrl-Q before interpreting it as a backspace.

It seems like the solution is to translate the DEL to BS before anything 
sees it.

Any ideas ?
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