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From: richieb@bony1.bony.com (Richard Bielak)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: Re: GNU emacs 18.56
Message-ID: <1991Jan25.141806.6909@bony1.bony.com>
Date: 25 Jan 91 14:18:06 GMT
References: <1991Jan23.210514.500@nrcnet0.nrc.ca>
Reply-To: richieb@bony1.UUCP (Richard Bielak)
Organization: Bank of New York
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In article <1991Jan23.210514.500@nrcnet0.nrc.ca> ng@cfd.di.nrc.ca writes:
>However, the DEL key does not function when you are not using X. It seems
>DEL is mapped to "ESC [ P" for some reason. Has anybody encountered the same
>problem?
>

You have to start emacs from an aixterm window that emulates a VT100
terminal (not the default). Then  the delete key generates the
appropriate sequence. I do this like this:

    $ aixterm -v -T foo &

Then "-v" flag specifies VT100 emulation. The run emacs in the new
window.


...richie





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