From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Eli Zaretskii" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: Re: Problem with interpretation of <-Backspace key in version 21.2.1 Date: Sat, 06 Apr 2002 20:24:43 +0300 Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <8011-Sat06Apr2002202442+0300-eliz@is.elta.co.il> References: <3CAF1A82.95DB4430@era-t.ericsson.se> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1018114215 13222 127.0.0.1 (6 Apr 2002 17:30:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2002 17:30:15 +0000 (UTC) Cc: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 16tu10-0003R9-00 for ; Sat, 06 Apr 2002 19:30:14 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 16tu0v-0006Ba-00; Sat, 06 Apr 2002 12:30:09 -0500 Original-Received: from heimdall.inter.net.il ([192.114.186.17]) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 16tu0J-00066B-00 for ; Sat, 06 Apr 2002 12:29:32 -0500 Original-Received: from zaretsky (diup-216-16.inter.net.il [213.8.216.16]) by heimdall.inter.net.il (Mirapoint Messaging Server MOS 2.9.3.2) with ESMTP id BHI80771; Sat, 6 Apr 2002 20:29:04 +0300 (IDT) Original-To: eubrafo@operamail.com X-Mailer: emacs 21.2.50 (via feedmail 8 I) and Blat ver 1.8.9 In-Reply-To: <3CAF1A82.95DB4430@era-t.ericsson.se> (message from Rabbe Fogelholm on Sat, 06 Apr 2002 17:55:46 +0200) Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.8 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:456 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.bugs:456 > From: Rabbe Fogelholm > Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.bug > Date: Sat, 06 Apr 2002 17:55:46 +0200 > > My setup might be important. The PC runs Red Hat Linux 7.1 and KDE. In > that environment I run an xterm (version XFree86 4.0.3(156)). From the > xterm session I do an ssh login to a Solaris/SPARC machine that starts a > login shell which is 6.10.00 (Astron). From the tcsh prompt I start > Emacs with the -nw option. It sounds like this is not a bug, but an intended change in behavior, which somehow clashes with your xterm/Emacs customizations which were optimized for the pre-v21 behavior. My guess is that your xterm and/or your shell startup files on the Solaris side set up the Backspace key to produce the [deletechar] escape sequence. Try using "C-h l" (that's a letter ell, not a digit one) to see what does Emacs receive when you press that key. Also, the new function normal-erase-is-backspace-mode might help you set this straight. The description of the related issues in the manual, in the sections "Deletion" and "If Fails to Delete", should also prove useful. If all of the above does not help to resolve the problem, or at least understand why exactly the behavior changed since Emacs 20.7, please report the details that you discovered here.