Re: unexpected Del behaviour after C-d binding

[Dani Barral <d.barral@staffs.ac.uk>]

> Dani Barral <d.barral@staffs.ac.uk> writes:
> 
> 
>>Hi,
>>
>>I'm trying to configure the keyboard of my laptop into something more
>>confortable for my hands. First I want to rebind some emacs commands
>>and after I'll exchange some control,alt,... keys in X.
>>
>>The problem I having with GNU Emacs 21.2.1 is that the behaviour of
>>the Del key changes after this:
>>
>>(global-unset-key "\C-d")
>>(global-set-key "\C-d" 'next-line)
>>
>>Now everytime I press Del next-line is executed. However C-h Del returns:
>><delete> runs the command "^D"
>>   which is a keyboard macro.
>>
>>Could anybody what's wrong with those two bindings above?
> 
> 
> Nothing. The binding of <delete> assumes a standard
> Emacs keymap. You will have to change that mapping as well. 
> 
> In general, expect to change lots of bindings, and expect changes to
> cascade. You will probably have a small maintenance burden when
> you are done. 
> 

Here is the new binding of <delete> 	is there a nicer way to write it?

(define-key global-map [delete] (lambda () (interactive) 	   	 
(delete-backward-char -1)))

Cheers