Subject: how to set up the delete key under X Window ?
Date: Tue, Mar 02, 1999 at 03:30:50AM +0100
In reply to:Jan Krupa
Quoting Jan Krupa([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
>
> Under X Window
> backspace works in the standard way but delete works exactly
> the same way as backspace.
>
> How can I achieve the key delete working under
> X Window in all applications (e.g. xterm, emacs, mathematica, netscape,
> vim,..) in the standard way (erasing the sign after cursor not
> before, like backspace does) ?
Well I had a fix til I reread the above. I have a fix that works for
me but sightly different .
My delete erases the character the cursor is on.
My Backspace erases the character before the cursor.
Well anyway here is what I have im my ~/.Xmodmap
keycode 22 = BackSpace
keycode 107 = Delete
HTH
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