From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: =?utf-8?Q?=C3=93scar_Fuentes?= Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: help my chromebook backspace key destroy Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2021 06:38:13 +0200 Message-ID: <87pms4p8p6.fsf@telefonica.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="40173"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Cancel-Lock: sha1:QHmrAnNs6HjWKC4uf/IL8WyRfVY= Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Oct 17 06:38:51 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mbxwg-000AFS-Ug for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 17 Oct 2021 06:38:50 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45566 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mbxwf-0006fS-B6 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 17 Oct 2021 00:38:49 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:45806) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mbxwI-0006fK-JX for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Oct 2021 00:38:26 -0400 Original-Received: from ciao.gmane.io ([116.202.254.214]:57018) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mbxwG-000248-Nt for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Oct 2021 00:38:26 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.io with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mbxwE-0009md-Fk for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Oct 2021 06:38:22 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Received-SPF: pass client-ip=116.202.254.214; envelope-from=geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; helo=ciao.gmane.io X-Spam_score_int: -16 X-Spam_score: -1.7 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.7 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS=0.249, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:133815 Archived-At: Eduardo Ochs writes: > Hi Byung-Hee! > Try this: > (global-set-key (kbd "") '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.)