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From: "Óscar Fuentes" <ofv@wanadoo.es>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: help my chromebook backspace key destroy
Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2021 06:38:13 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87pms4p8p6.fsf@telefonica.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: CADs++6jLaqKmuv0fWf-PZyKMsVJzDgvoM+EMOyAmBau7d2-izg@mail.gmail.com

Eduardo Ochs <eduardoochs@gmail.com> writes:

> Hi Byung-Hee!
> Try this:
> (global-set-key (kbd "<f10>") 'delete-backward-char)
>
> ("Try" here means "go to the end of the line and type C-x C-e")
>   [[]], Eduardo

In modes that map DEL to something different from delete-backward-char
(as Gnus and many other packages do) it wont work, as pressing F10 wont
be equivalent to pressing DEL.

I think keyboard-translate does the trick. The Emacs FAQ (accesible
through C-h C-f or from the Help menu) has a sub-node titled "Swapping
keys" under "Key bindings" that discusses this case, but right now I
can't figure out the syntax for function keys.

But the OP would be better served if he/she remaps the keys at a lower
level. A quick web search gives

https://ictsolved.github.io/remap-key-in-linux/

which addresses the specific case of remapping a broken DEL key under X
(apparently that key breaks often.)




  reply	other threads:[~2021-10-17  4:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-10-17  4:01 help my chromebook backspace key destroy 황병희
2021-10-17  4:13 ` Solved (Was: Re: help my chromebook backspace key destroy) 황병희
2021-10-17  4:21 ` help my chromebook backspace key destroy Eduardo Ochs
2021-10-17  4:38   ` Óscar Fuentes [this message]
2021-10-17  6:11     ` 황병희
2021-10-17  6:02   ` 황병희

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