1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/editors/vi.c b/editors/vi.c
index dd8dd488a..e28db3ab6 100644
--- a/editors/vi.c
+++ b/editors/vi.c
@@ -1281,10 +1281,11 @@ static char *get_input_line(const char *prompt)
                         break;          // this is end of input
                 if (isbackspace(c)) {
                         // user wants to erase prev char
-                        write1("\b \b"); // erase char on screen
                         buf[--i] = '\0';
+                        go_bottom_and_clear_to_eol();
                         if (i <= 0) // user backs up before b-o-l, exit
                                 break;
+                        write1(buf);
                 } else if (c > 0 && c < 256) { // exclude Unicode
                         // (TODO: need to handle Unicode)
                         buf[i] = c;