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Article #2198How to bind backspace ???
From: Donald I Hunter
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 13:29
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 13:29
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In emacs, how exactly do you redefine backspace so it doesn't return Ctrl-H. I can easily do this in lucid emacs by doing (define-key global-map 'backspace 'backward-delete-char) but I can't work out what to replace the 'backspace with in gnu emacs. I can always redefine backspace to be delete using xmodmap. But that buggers motif dialog boxes which require backspace for editing. Any help would be appreciated. Donald. -- +--------------------------------------------------------+ | Donald I. Hunter donaldh@uk.ac.hw.cs | +--------------------------------------------------------+ | Hello. Just walk along and try NOT to think about your | | INTESTINES being almost FORTY YARDS LONG!! | +--------------------------------------------------------+
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!stanford.edu!agate!doc.ic.ac.uk!uknet!edcastle!hwcs!hwcs!donaldh From: donaldh@cs.hw.ac.uk (Donald I Hunter) Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Subject: How to bind backspace ??? Message-ID: <1993Jan25.132929.28033@cs.hw.ac.uk> Date: 25 Jan 93 13:29:29 GMT Sender: news@cs.hw.ac.uk (News Administrator) Organization: Dept of Computing & Electrical Engineering, Heriot-Watt University, Scotland Lines: 20