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From: scott@truevision.com (Scott Stevens)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: Re: Help needed with GNUemacs C-h
Message-ID: <260@epicb.com>
Date: 8 Jun 90 15:41:46 GMT
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In article <6143.266617fa@uwovax.uwo.ca> chet@uwovax.uwo.ca writes:
#With GNU Emacs 18.52.0 on a Sun OS 4.0x used via remote access, I would
#like to retain use of help facilities while disabling the connection
#between C-h and help-command (C-h is bound to the backspace key, and I
#don't believe I can change this).
#
#(global-set-key "\C-h" 'delete-backward-char) gives me use of the backspace
#key, but I have not been able to bind help-command to anything, nor to
#access any of the key combinations that C-h is a prefix for.
#

I don't recall where I found the following, but I've used it for some time
(with GNU Emacs 18.55) with no problem:

;; Change the keyboard translation to interpret:
;; C-h as DEL
;; C-? as C-h (actually C-? generates C-_)
(setq keyboard-translate-table
      "\000\^a\^b\^c\^d\^e\^f\^g\^?\^i\^j\^k\^l\^m\^n\^o\^p\^q\^r\^s\^t\^u\^v\^w\^x\^y\^z\^[\034\^]\035\^h")