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From: rlp@beach.cis.ufl.edu (Bob Powell)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: Making BS = erase.
Keywords: BS DEL ^H ^?
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Date: 6 Mar 90 08:55:22 GMT
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Reply-To: rlp@beach.cis.ufl.edu (Bob Powell)
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Situation: calling in from home, using a terminal with no
"delete" key.  I've got a backspace key, though, and
<CTRL><BACKSPACE> apparently sends the needed code to
equal a "true" delete.  In the basic Unix, I can use
stty erase '^H' and the backspace key, by itself,
will back up and delete the character.  Emacs, though,
doesn't recognize that I've done the stty in Unix,
and demands the <CTRL><BACKSPACE> to back up and erase.

Is there any entry I can make in my .login, .cshrc,
or .emacs files to get emacs to accept the backspace,
by itself, as a "normal" delete key?

Thanks a bunch!
Bob