Under HP BASIC, the Backspace key was assigned to CHR$(255)&"B". This function does the same thing that the Left Arrow key does. HP BASIC is unique in this treatment of the Backspace key. For compatibility with the remainder of the computing community, HTBasic assigns a new function to the Backspace key. Pushing Backspace deletes the character to the left of the cursor. This function is named DEL LEFT and is equivalent to the function LEFT followed by DEL CHR. If you do not like this definition, you may redefine the key using the CONFIGURE KEY statement.
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