Re: rebinding backspace key in gnuemacs (on PC)

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From: Peter Badovinatz
Date: Fri, 07 Jun 1991 13:11

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In article <8943@drutx.ATT.COM> garyd@drutx.ATT.COM (DungcaGR) writes:
>  is there a way to rebind my backspace key in gnuemacs so that
>it actually functions as a backspace, as opposed to ^H, which always
>kicks me into emacs help?  the dumb terminal i used to use didn't
>cause me such grief, but now i'm resorting to using a pc as a terminal.

I use the sequence (in .emacs):
 (global-set-key "^H" 'backward-delete-char-untabify)
 (define-key global-map "\eh" 'help-command)

which sets ctl-h to be backspace/rubout, and sets escape-h to be the
help command.

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Subject: Re: rebinding backspace key in gnuemacs (on PC)
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