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Subject: Re: gnumacs bindings
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Date: Thu, 1-Oct-87 17:10:25 EDT
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Well...I figured not enough has been said about GNU key bindings...so
I better post some news.

Just to further complicate the issue, look at the thousands of
applications that run on MS-DOS machines.  They all seem to agree on
what DEL should be used for.  It is used to delete the character
underneath the blinking cursor; in other words, it is equivalent to
C-d!!  They also all agree that Backspace (sometimes the key is
labeled "Backspace" and sometimes "<-") deletes the previous character.

When I hit DEL on DOS it deletes the next character; on UNIX/GNU it
deletes the previous one.  When I hit Backspace on DOS it deletes back
one; on UNIX/GNU it brings up Help (and if I hit ? it shows me the
alphabet!).

Life is complicated.
-- 

Aaron, mtuni!aaa, 201-957-2751