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From: aaa@mtuni.ATT.COM (Aaron Akman)
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Subject: Re: gnumacs bindings
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Date: Tue, 20-Oct-87 13:13:08 EDT
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Posted: Tue Oct 20 13:13:08 1987
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Posting-Front-End: GNU Emacs 18.37.4 of Wed Mar  4 1987 on mtuni (usg-unix-v)



*Well, this is not really true.  The "DELETE" key on a PC is NOT the
*same as the "DEL" key on most terminals.  It does not generate the same
*key value when struck (It generates an "extended keyboard code", not
*the DEL value of 0x7F), and was obviously intended to be paired with
*the INSERT key (just as the Page Up and Page Dn keys are paired
*also).

The PC's "Delete" key is the same in the sense that it is (according
to those English experts who explained the difference between
Backspace and Delete) the *supposed* proper mnemonic for
delete-backward-char.  My point is that if you look at the 100 best
selling software packages in America (I'm afraid they're not mostly
for UNIX) they almost all use the mnemonic "Delete" to mean "delete
the character under the cursor" which is analogous to C-d in GNU.

I'm sure that the keyboard codes are exactly as you have explained.
Nevertheless, I still jump from GNU to DOS daily, and, heck, am I
confused.


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Aaron, mtuni!aaa, 201-957-2751