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From: Adam Eberbach
Date: Mon, 05 Aug 1996 00:00

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On 5 Aug 1996 00:32:48 GMT, Anthony Rumble <smilie@jolt.mpx.com.au> wrote:
>mauricem@xs4all.nl wrote:
>
>: How can I get to work my delete-key as a delete-key?
>
>This is an annoying one..
>you need to edit the keyboard map..
>
>If your running RedHat.. go to ..
>
>/usr/lib/kbd/keytables/
>
>edit us.map
>
>Go to the line that has 
>keycode  14 = Delete           Delete
>
>Change it to
>
>keycode  14 = Delete           BackSpace
>
>Reboot.. should be fine..

You're right, BUT! If you have taken the XKeysymDB from Netscape, then 
'BackSpace' doesn't exist any more. I had a problem with no backspace
(only DEL) under Netscape, but I fixed it with xmodmap.

Adam Eberbach, Perth Tech Support, Access One. adam@aone.com.au +61 9 221 1803

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