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From: dms@condor.UUCP (Daniel M. Solis)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: missing DEL key
Keywords: keybinding, DEL key
Message-ID: <8079@condor.UUCP>
Date: 25 Aug 88 16:40:41 GMT
Organization: GenRad, Inc., Bolton, Mass.
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     I'm using Gnu emacs on a VT-220 terminal, which has no DEL key.
(I.e., VT-220s have no DEL key; it's not that my particular terminal
is missing the key.)  Therefore, when I try to use query-replace I
can't skip over an instance of the string.  I have to quit the
query-replace and invoke it again.  Is there some elegant way of
taking care of this problem.

     I also notice that global keymap bindings are not valid when
executing a function.  For example, I have the arrow keys bound to the
appropriate lisp functions (previous-line, next-line,...) and they
work just fine when I'm moving around the file.  When I'm executing a
function, however, their bindings are not in force.  For example, when
executing incremental-search I can stop the search with ^N, which is
the standard binding for next-line, but my down-arrow key, which is
also bound to next-line, is not recognized.

     Is there anything I can do about these things?  If someone could
point me in the right direction I'd really appreciate it.  Please send
mail to:
               dms@condor.genrad.com

(The GenRad mailer apparently does not put the right return address
in the header, so you can't just "reply" to this note.)

                                         Thanks,
                                         Dan Solis
                                         (508) 369-4400 x3307

                                         GenRad, Inc.
                                         Concord, Massachusetts