From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Thien-Thi Nguyen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: What're the proper names for the backspace and delete keys in files.texi? Date: 16 Jan 2006 13:48:49 -0500 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1137441894 28750 80.91.229.2 (16 Jan 2006 20:04:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 20:04:54 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jan 16 21:04:52 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EyaaP-0002Sf-JU for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 16 Jan 2006 21:04:17 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Eyaci-0004V9-5z for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 16 Jan 2006 15:06:40 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EyZRl-0006Tz-B0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 16 Jan 2006 13:51:17 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EyZRi-0006Sg-PI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 16 Jan 2006 13:51:16 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EyZRh-0006SS-Q2 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 16 Jan 2006 13:51:13 -0500 Original-Received: from [207.245.121.136] (helo=mail.agora-net.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA:16) (Exim 4.34) id 1EyZVF-0001tA-WB for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 16 Jan 2006 13:54:54 -0500 Original-Received: from ttn by mail.agora-net.com with local (Exim 4.50) id 1EyZPN-00016b-5i; Mon, 16 Jan 2006 13:48:49 -0500 Original-To: Alan Mackenzie In-Reply-To: Original-Lines: 19 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.4 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:49184 Archived-At: Alan Mackenzie writes: > For the third time of asking, would somebody (Richard?) please state > definitively what the canonical names, to be used in files.texi, are > for the "backspace" key (typically the large rectangular key above CR > that deletes a single character backwards) and the "delete" key > (typically the bottom leftmost key of a block of 6 keys directly to > the right of CR, that deletes a single character forwards). the actual form of the ink pressed onto the plastic is something that has no hope of attaining universal standardization. this means that if you have to say "typically", then documentation purporting to use a "canonical name" will be incorrect for some (many) situations. it's more slackful for everyone involved to not sing a false canon to the un{willing,hearing} in the first place. (btw, data point: my keyboard does not conform to the above layout.) thi