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Re: simple editor required
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Paul Edwards |
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Re: simple editor required |
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Fri, 20 Jun 2003 09:58:09 GMT |
"Kai Großjohann" <kai.grossjohann@gmx.net> wrote in message
8465n1983n.fsf@lucy.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de">news:8465n1983n.fsf@lucy.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de...
> "Paul Edwards" <kerravon@nosppaam.w3.to> writes:
>
> > Ok, it is the <delete> key I am pressing then (near <home>).
> > But when Emacs is reporting DEL, it doesn't mean it just
> > saw ascii 127, it means it saw a backspace (C-h).
>
> Huh? What does C-h l say after you hit whatever key it is that Emacs
> reports as DEL?
DEL ESC x h e l p RET l
Note that the first key I hit was the <delete> (next to <home>).
> (Is Emacs reporting DEL when you hit <delete>?)
Yep!
> It is possible that normal-erase-is-backspace has an influence, here,
I'm on emacs 20.7.1 which doesn't have that.
> and that it is set to the wrong value in your Emacs. (The variable
> normal-erase-is-backspace should not be set via setq, if you want to
> use Lisp, use the function normal-erase-is-backspace-mode.)
>
> > Incidentally, people are always referring to "press C-h then xxx",
> > but of course I have remapped C-h to be backspace, I mean, C-h is
> > backspace, and we all know what backspace does. So I duly replace
> > C-h with Esc x help. It seems a very surprising key binding to me.
>
> Whee. Does <f1> work as a help key?
Yes, it does! Although seems a bit different from M-x help, the
latter comes up with the menu straight away, the former suggests
I press "?" to get it.
> Maybe it's the normal-erase-is-backspace thing. If not, then I'm
> flabbergasted.
Everything to do with backspace/delete is fine, just that help
I have to (now) use F1 instead of C-h. This is not a problem
at all.
BFN. Paul.
- Re: simple editor required, (continued)
- Re: simple editor required, Stefan Monnier, 2003/06/19
- Re: simple editor required, Paul Edwards, 2003/06/17
- Re: simple editor required, Stefan Monnier, 2003/06/17
- Re: simple editor required, Paul Edwards, 2003/06/18
- Re: simple editor required, Kai Großjohann, 2003/06/18
- Re: simple editor required, Paul Edwards, 2003/06/19
- Re: simple editor required, Kai Großjohann, 2003/06/19
- Re: simple editor required,
Paul Edwards <=
- Re: simple editor required, Stefan Monnier, 2003/06/18
- Re: simple editor required, Stefan Monnier, 2003/06/12
Re: simple editor required, Stefan Monnier, 2003/06/07
Re: simple editor required, Johan Bockgård, 2003/06/10
Re: simple editor required, Stefan Monnier, 2003/06/11
Re: simple editor required, Paul Edwards, 2003/06/17