How to bind backspace ???

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1 total messages Started by Donald I Hunter Mon, 25 Jan 1993 13:29

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Author: Donald I Hunter
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.
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