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From: jimb@drutx.ATT.COM (jim bryant)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: quandary with GNU
Message-ID: <6654@drutx.ATT.COM>
Date: 3 Feb 88 05:14:01 GMT
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Posting-Front-End: GNU Emacs 18.47.5 of Wed Aug  5 1987 on drutx (usg-unix-v)GNU Emacs 18.47.5 of Mon Oct 26 1987 on drutx (usg-unix-v)


i've got a strange problem with GNU (18.47):

on certain terminals (specifically att4425 and att4415) the delete key
(^?) gets mapped to control-g (^G).

on other terminals (eg. att630, hp2621) the re-mapping doesn't occur,
i'm running the same program on the same machine.

it is *not* the termin (termcap) entry, as i have changed these. the
terminals are also fine, if i run other versions of emacs (eg.  warren
montgomery's) the delete key works properly and they work properly in
programs other than GNU.

i have also checked the terminal specific startup file in lisp/term/*
no luck.

somehow, somewhere, GNU is mapping ^? to ^G and i can't figure out
where.

any ideas?

thanks

jim bryant