* Upgraded to 21.1 and backspace no longer works
@ 2003-03-05 16:19 J. E. Lewis
2003-03-05 17:40 ` Eli Zaretskii
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From: J. E. Lewis @ 2003-03-05 16:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
Backspace no longer works the same after upgrading from version 20 to
version 21. It works as a delete-char as opposed to
delete-backward-char. Nothing else changed in my environment, and if
I hit C-h it does a delete-backward-char.
--
Jim Lewis (a.k.a. Louie)
____louie_AT_louie__DOT__cc____
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* Re: Upgraded to 21.1 and backspace no longer works
2003-03-05 16:19 Upgraded to 21.1 and backspace no longer works J. E. Lewis
@ 2003-03-05 17:40 ` Eli Zaretskii
2003-03-05 18:16 ` J. E. Lewis
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From: Eli Zaretskii @ 2003-03-05 17:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
> Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 11:19:40 -0500
> From: "J. E. Lewis" <louie@louie.cc>
>
> Backspace no longer works the same after upgrading from version 20 to
> version 21. It works as a delete-char as opposed to
> delete-backward-char.
Try this:
M-x normal-erase-is-backspace-mode RET
Did that help?
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* Re: Upgraded to 21.1 and backspace no longer works
2003-03-05 17:40 ` Eli Zaretskii
@ 2003-03-05 18:16 ` J. E. Lewis
2003-03-06 4:26 ` Eli Zaretskii
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From: J. E. Lewis @ 2003-03-05 18:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
On Wed, Mar 05, 2003 at 07:40:31PM +0200, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > Backspace no longer works the same after upgrading from version 20 to
> > version 21. It works as a delete-char as opposed to
> > delete-backward-char.
>
> Try this:
>
> M-x normal-erase-is-backspace-mode RET
>
> Did that help?
Yes that fixed it. But I wonder what changed, to stop it from working
in 21 when it worked the way I expected it to in 20.
In my .emacs do I need to say something like:
(setq normal-erase-is-backspace-mode t)
--
Jim Lewis
__louie__AT__louie_DOT_cc_____
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* Re: Upgraded to 21.1 and backspace no longer works
2003-03-05 18:16 ` J. E. Lewis
@ 2003-03-06 4:26 ` Eli Zaretskii
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From: Eli Zaretskii @ 2003-03-06 4:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
> Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 13:16:25 -0500
> From: "J. E. Lewis" <louie@louie.cc>
> >
> > M-x normal-erase-is-backspace-mode RET
> >
> > Did that help?
>
> Yes that fixed it. But I wonder what changed, to stop it from working
> in 21 when it worked the way I expected it to in 20.
Emacs 21 now tries to detect those systems where there's both a
Backspace and Delete key, and assigns both to different functions. In
your case, it seems it failed to do that correctly.
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