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From: ram-ashwin@YALE.ARPA (Ashwin Ram)
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Subject: Enough BS about DEL
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Date: Fri, 25-Sep-87 11:07:33 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep 25 11:07:33 1987
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This discussion is getting boring.  Why not just have two variables called
help-char and delete-char (or help-key and delete-key) and let users bind
them to whichever keys they want, rather than trying to force everyone to use
the same "intuitive mnemonics"?  Customization is, after all, Emacs's strong
point.

[Actually, help-char should probably be help-string or help-key-sequence,
since ^X? makes a lot more sense (to me) than wasting a key on this function.
This would maximize customizability since you could always set it to ^H (or
any other single keystroke) if you wanted to.]

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