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> You're right. That binding was in /etc/emacs/site-start.el
> (Xlaunch (define-key global-map [(delete)] "\C-d"))
> which is the mandrake configuration file for emacs. From this I understand
> rewritting
> (Xlaunch (define-key global-map [(delete)] 'delete-char))
> is more appropiate isn't it?

I think it's more appropriate to just keep the default, rather than
any of those two alternatives.
Complaining to Mandrake is also a good thing to do.


        Stefan