Re: Emacs reads both DEL and Backspace as DEL

[Ivan Uemlianin <iau@ukfsn.org>]

Kai Großjohann wrote:
> "Ivan A. Uemlianin" <ivan@jurakm.com> writes:
> 
> 
>>One change I wanted was to have the '<X|' key (Backspace?) as
>>delete-backward-char and 'Delete' (DEL) as delete-char.  However, my
>>emacs reads both of these keys as DEL (detectable with M-x
>>describe-key).
> 
> 
> Are you running under a window system?  Under a window system, C-h c
> and C-h l probably say different things about the keys.
> 
> You need to hit C-h c first, then the key, but for C-h l you have to
> hit the key first, then C-h l.
> 
> Maybe (global-set-key (kbd "<delete>") 'delete-char) works.

This works perfectly!  Thank you very much!

Ivan