Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!pyrdc!mike
From: mike@pyrdc.UUCP (Mike Whitman)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: Re: Help with remapping C-h in GNU Emacs
Message-ID: <179@pyrdc.UUCP>
Date: 25 Apr 88 00:27:47 GMT
References: <1512@se-sd.sandiego.NCR.COM>
Organization: Pyramid Technology Corp., Washington, D.C.
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Keywords: control-h keymap help-command

In article <1512@se-sd.sandiego.NCR.COM>, cliff@se-sd.sandiego.NCR.COM (Cliff Bamford) writes:
> I'm running GNU emacs 17.57.30 in an environment in which control-h
> usually (and unalterably) means "backwards-delete-character". I'd like
> to establish another keystroke sequence as the "help-prefix" , and
> make control-h mean backwards-delete-character so I can let my tactile
> memory autopilot take over the correction of simple typos again. I've 
> looked at the documentation and it seems to require changing global-map
> which frankly scares me. What am I missing?
> 
Don't be too scared it is as easy as putting the following in your .emacs
file.

(global-set-key "\C-h" `delete-backward-char)

hope this helps. Don't let the flames you will get for this question stop
you from asking more, it's the only way to learn unless you can find a 
EMACS wiz localy to help you out like I did. Have fun!!

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