alt delete and normal-erase-is-backspace-mode

alt delete and normal-erase-is-backspace-mode

[Raymond S Cummings]

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In GNU Emacs 21.1.1 (sparc-sun-solaris2.8, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars)
 of 2002-01-02 on sf05
configured using `configure  --prefix=/net/sf05/data2/users/cumminr/local --x-includes=/net/sf05/data2/users/cumminr/local/include/X11:/net/sf05/data2/users/cumminr/local/include/X11/X11:/usr/openwin/X11 --x-libraries=/net/sf05/data2/users/cumminr/local/lib:/usr/openwin/lib'
Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: nil
  locale-coding-system: nil
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug
and the precise symptoms of the bug:


emacs -q                     normal-erase-is-backspace-mode			     
---------------------------  ------------------------------			     
			     						     
backspac		     backspac					     
			     						     
delet			     delete						     
(backwards)		     (forwards)					     
			     						     
ctrl backspace		     ctrl backspace					     
deletes forwards	     deletes backwards				     
			     						     
ctrl delete		     ctrl delete					     
deletes backwards	     deletes forwards				     

alt backspace		     alt backspace					     
deletes backwards	     deletes backwards				     
			     						     
alt delete		     alt delete					     
deletes backwards	     deletes backwards***				     
			     (M-DEL runs the command backward-kill-word)	     
			     						     
esc backspace		     esc backspace					     
deletes backwards	     deletes backwards				     
			     						     
esc delete		     esc delete###					     
deletes backwards	     down-list					     
			     						     
			     						     
			     ESC <C-delete> runs the command backward-kill-sexp###
                             (alt,<C-delete> doesn't work on my PC X-server)
			     						     
			     ESC <C-backspace> runs the command backward-kill-sexp


*** these don't seem to follow the help for normal-erase-is-backspace-mode:
### these don't folow the spirit of the normal-erase-is-backspace-mode:



In addition, on window systems, the bindings of C-Delete, M-Delete,
C-M-Delete, C-Backspace, M-Backspace, and C-M-Backspace are changed in
the global keymap in accordance with the functionality of Delete and
Backspace.  For example, if Delete is remapped to C-d, which deletes
forward, C-Delete is bound to `kill-word', but if Delete is remapped
to DEL, which deletes backward, C-Delete is bound to
`backward-kill-word'.



























Recent input:
# # <up> <down> <right> <left> SPC t h e e s <backspace> 
<backspace> s e SPC d o n ' t SPC f o o l o w <backspace> 
<backspace> <backspace> <backspace> l o w SPC t h e 
SPC s p r <backspace> i r i t SPC o f SPC t h e SPC 
<up> <right> <right> <right> <right> C-k <down> C-y 
<up> C-y C-x C-s <help-echo> <help-echo> <f1> C-g <prior> 
<next> <prior> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> 
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> 
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> 
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> 
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <menu-bar> <help-menu> 
<report-emacs-bug>

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