* GNU Emacs in console mode -- DELETE key misbehavior
@ 2009-07-31 15:12 Ignoramus21205
2009-08-01 5:47 ` Bernardo
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From: Ignoramus21205 @ 2009-07-31 15:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
I use Ubuntu Jaunty Linux.
My problem is that when I run emacs -nw, my BACKSPACE key somehow is
mapped to C-d and deletes forward. This is NOT what I want -- I want
it to delete backward like regular C-d.
I did run emacs without any custom .emacs file, and still had this
problem.
When I do describe-key <ENTER> and then his BACKSPACE, I get:
C-d runs the command delete-char
which is an interactive built-in function in `C source code'.
It is bound to C-d, <deletechar>.
(delete-char N &optional KILLFLAG)
I did note that if I say in command line:
stty erase C-v BACKSPACE
then BACKSPACE works as I want, but I would like to see if I can do it
in emacs only.
i
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* Re: GNU Emacs in console mode -- DELETE key misbehavior
2009-07-31 15:12 GNU Emacs in console mode -- DELETE key misbehavior Ignoramus21205
@ 2009-08-01 5:47 ` Bernardo
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From: Bernardo @ 2009-08-01 5:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
> I use Ubuntu Jaunty Linux.
>
> My problem is that when I run emacs -nw, my BACKSPACE key somehow is
> mapped to C-d and deletes forward. This is NOT what I want -- I want
> it to delete backward like regular C-d.
>
> I did run emacs without any custom .emacs file, and still had this
> problem.
>
> When I do describe-key <ENTER> and then his BACKSPACE, I get:
>
> C-d runs the command delete-char
> which is an interactive built-in function in `C source code'.
> It is bound to C-d, <deletechar>.
> (delete-char N &optional KILLFLAG)
>
> I did note that if I say in command line:
>
> stty erase C-v BACKSPACE
>
> then BACKSPACE works as I want, but I would like to see if I can do it
> in emacs only.
>
> i
>
does this do what you want?
(global-set-key [backspace] 'backward-delete-char)
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