> Bonus old fart points for remembering which key deletes just one character!

You don't mean ^H, do you? That can't be it, or I'd be earning 'Bonus old fart points'.

Update: I have been informed that as I suspected, my initial thought was too simple.

BTW, while on this topic... Using Term::ANSI can be much more convenient than using print and \c all the time.

Chris