Re: [XEmacs at fault?!] Munging of del and backspace

2003-04-12 Thread Miles Bader
On Sat, Apr 12, 2003 at 08:06:27PM +0200, Mikael Hedin wrote: > Ok, this actually works for me too (except C-h k <-- doesn't say the > "translated from

Re: [XEmacs at fault?!] Munging of del and backspace

2003-04-12 Thread Mikael Hedin
Ok, this actually works for me too (except C-h k <-- doesn't say the "translated from

Re: Munging of del and backspace

2003-04-12 Thread Miles Bader
On Fri, Apr 11, 2003 at 09:51:01PM +0200, Kai Gro?johann wrote: > For backward compatibility, many modes bind RET, TAB, DEL instead of > , , . It's not just for backward compatibility, it's for portability -- RET, TAB, DEL are portable among different devices (because emacs takes care to make sure

Re: Munging of del and backspace

2003-04-12 Thread Kai Großjohann
Mikael Hedin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > But why is emacs f**ing with the keysyms? If I try to map DEL to a > command, I have to press backspace in emacs! It has historical reasons. I wouldn't worry about it too much -- it's just a name. Back in the days of yore^H^H^H^Hascii terminals, there