From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dale Hagglund Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: Re: inconsistent bindings of backspace and delete between X and xterm Date: Sat, 07 Feb 2004 10:35:09 -0700 Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1076175456 21329 80.91.224.253 (7 Feb 2004 17:37:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2004 17:37:36 +0000 (UTC) Cc: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, rdh@yottayotta.com Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Feb 07 18:37:30 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1ApWOX-0008Vw-00 for ; Sat, 07 Feb 2004 18:37:30 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1ApWOC-0008PS-Fd for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 07 Feb 2004 12:37:08 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1ApWNO-00081g-PE for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Feb 2004 12:36:18 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1ApWMs-0007nx-M6 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Feb 2004 12:36:17 -0500 Original-Received: from [198.161.246.10] (helo=isengard.yottayotta.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1ApWMo-0007nN-6l for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Feb 2004 12:35:42 -0500 Original-Received: from fw-edm-dmz.yottayotta.com ([192.168.1.2] helo=edm-app01.yottayotta.com) by isengard.yottayotta.com with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 1ApWNC-0002U1-00; Sat, 07 Feb 2004 10:36:06 -0700 Original-Received: from tethys.edmonton.yottayotta.com ([10.0.1.8]) by edm-app01.yottayotta.com with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2653.13) id DY4S7CL8; Sat, 7 Feb 2004 10:35:10 -0700 Original-Received: from dernhelm.edmonton.yottayotta.com ([10.0.1.76]) by tethys.edmonton.yottayotta.com with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #2) id 1ApWMH-0003nE-00; Sat, 07 Feb 2004 10:35:09 -0700 Original-Received: from dernhelm.edmonton.yottayotta.com (desktopinstall [127.0.0.1]) by dernhelm.edmonton.yottayotta.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id i17HZ9k3005393; Sat, 7 Feb 2004 10:35:09 -0700 Original-Received: (from rdh@localhost) by dernhelm.edmonton.yottayotta.com (8.12.8/8.12.8/Submit) id i17HZ9n4005391; Sat, 7 Feb 2004 10:35:09 -0700 X-Authentication-Warning: dernhelm.edmonton.yottayotta.com: rdh set sender to rdh@yottayotta.com using -f Original-To: Andreas Schwab In-Reply-To: (Andreas Schwab's message of "Sat, 07 Feb 2004 15:38:03 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:6904 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.bugs:6904 Andreas Schwab writes: > Dale Hagglund writes: >> Also, is there any reason why `ESC [ 3 ~' shouldn't be mapped to >> instead of . [I'm not quite what part of my message your response referred to, but I'm assuming it's to the sentence above.] > This is a property of the terminal description. For xterm it > contains `kdch1=\E[3~' (terminfo) or `kD=\E[3~' (termcap), thus `ESC > [ 3 ~' is mapped to . I poked around a bit in term/*.el but I didn't see where the termcap interpretation is happening. That aside, wouldn't it still be better to use the generate the same function key for for the same physical key both under X and xterm (or a real vt220, for that matter)? Dale.