R and xterm

Howdy!

I have a problem that's similar to one discussed earlier on the list: 
When not in xterm all the backspace and cursor-movements and stuff 
are working well. Only when I start R in an xterm window backspace 
appears as ^H and so on. What can I do?

Ragnar
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