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From: elg@usl (Eric Lee Green)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: Re: gnumacs bindings
Message-ID: <283@usl>
Date: Fri, 9-Oct-87 16:49:57 EDT
Article-I.D.: usl.283
Posted: Fri Oct  9 16:49:57 1987
Date-Received: Mon, 12-Oct-87 07:02:01 EDT
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in article <347@nuchat.UUCP>, jaym@nuchat.UUCP (Jay Maynard) says:
> In article <4755@ncoast.UUCP>, allbery@ncoast.UUCP (Brandon Allbery) writes:
>> What you say works for BSD UNIX.  For Xenix, only ^H works.  For some System
>> V's, ^H and # both work.  For other System V's and for System III, only #
>> works.  "UNIX" is obviously schizoid about the whole matter...
>> AND WILL YOU BSD'ERS STOP ACTING AS IF THE WHOLE WORLD RAN 4.xBSD ON A VAX???

I use a Sys V machine regularly. I use the DEL key. It's easy. You
just put "stty erase ^?" in your .profile or .login (for those who
have a cshell for their Sys V machine). The reason is also easy. I
have a DEL key on my keyboard. I don't have a BACKSPACE key on my
keyboard. Wow. Now, since it's now painfully obvious that you can make
your Unix use whatever key you want for your backspace, can we cease
that part of the discussion, and just discuss how to make GNU Emacs
more respectful of the BACKSPACE key? I would suggest adding a
"emacs-help-character" variable, but I don't know of any spare control
codes left (maybe use the sequence M-? instead???).
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