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Re: Screwed up keyboard mappings on RedHat
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Roy Smith |
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Re: Screwed up keyboard mappings on RedHat |
Date: |
Fri, 18 Apr 2003 12:12:05 -0400 |
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kai.grossjohann@gmx.net (Kai Grossjohann) wrote:
> Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> writes:
>
> > I'm using GNU Emacs 21.2.1 on a RedHat 8.0 box. Neither my delete nor
> > C-H key are working right. C-H is acting like the delete key should.
> > When I type "M-X help return c C-H", I get:
> >
> > DEL runs the command backward-delete-char-untabify
>
> Interesting. Investigate the variable normal-erase-is-backspace and
> the function normal-erase-is-backspace-mode. Does this help?
Hmmm. It's currently set to "t". It looks like that might be what I
need to play with, thanks.
In the meantime (before your response came), I had already discovered
keyboard translation tables and fixed the problem with:
(keyboard-translate ?\C-h nil)
(keyboard-translate ?\C-? nil)
in my .emacs file. It gets me the behavior I want, even if it's not the
right way to do it.
PS -- I've been using emacs for 20 years (since the original TOPS-10
TECO version) and never even knew keyboard translation tables existed.
Is this a new development?