diff -urN echat-0.02r.beta4.org/curs_strn.c echat-0.02r.beta4/curs_strn.c
--- echat-0.02r.beta4.org/curs_strn.c	Sat May  3 22:09:56 2003
+++ echat-0.02r.beta4/curs_strn.c	Tue May  6 09:28:19 2003
@@ -245,6 +245,7 @@
 	case KEY_DC:
 	    string_del(); break;
 	case KEY_BACKSPACE:
+	case 127:
 	    string_bs(); break;
 	case ENTER:		/* FIXME: backslash escaping */
 	    if (slash) { slash--; break; }