From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Olive Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Emacs 21.3.1 -nw over ssh, C-h not bringing up help Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 23:10:08 +0100 Organization: X-Privat NNTP Server - http://www.x-privat.org Message-ID: <423ca3f4_4@x-privat.org> References: <84hdj7crf0.fsf@ripco.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1111270400 6325 80.91.229.2 (19 Mar 2005 22:13:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 22:13:20 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Mar 19 23:13:20 2005 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DCmC5-0006Ai-0t for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 19 Mar 2005 23:13:18 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DCmSq-0001Ks-Ob for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 19 Mar 2005 17:30:36 -0500 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040618 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help In-Reply-To: <84hdj7crf0.fsf@ripco.com> Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: $$_ewcpdimnf7m3_.x-privat.org Original-Lines: 42 X-Authenticated-User: $$s059zlu66nq1tvzvcvj6lkm_d Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@x-privat.org Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news3.google.com!news.glorb.com!news.moat.net!x-privat.org!not-for-mail Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:129444 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org X-MailScanner-To: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:24999 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:24999 Todd H. wrote: > Howdy, > > I've been an emacs user for over 10 years and have recently been > forced into an upgrade from 20.6.1 under redhat to 21.x under Debian. > I access the Linux box in question via SSH (SecureCRT on a Win2k box > if it matters). I use a VT220 emulation in my ssh client and have > TERM set to VT220 in the Linux shell. > > On the old Emacs 20.6/Redhat box I was on, I set SecureCRT to > "backspace sends delete" and life was good. Backspace deleted stuff > left of the cursor, and Control-h invoked help. > > The problem now is that Under "GNU Emacs 21.3.1 (i386-pc-linux-gnu, X > toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars) of 2004-10-16 on raven, modified by > Debian" pressing C-h now deletes left of the cursor, and the only way > to bring up help is M-x help. I've fiddled with various SEcureCRT > settings to no avail. I at least get backspace to work right if I let > it send backspace for backspace. > > Anyone have the magic bullet for this? I've searched for an answer, > but most of what i find is people withe reverse problem of backspace > bringing up help. The other odd thing is if I try to bind help to a > function key, I need to hit shift and that function key to make it > happen. > (global-set-key [f5] 'help) > > Did something change in Emacs 21 on "help" key binding? > > Best Regards, I do not know if it answer your question; but the default key sequence send by xterm is the same for the backspace key and C-h so emacs cannot make the difference; it is xterm that must be configured. Emacs works well after having configuring xterm on the following way. Use the following resources: XTerm*ttyModes: erase ^? XTerm*backarrowKey: false XTerm*eightBitInput: false env. variable term set to "xterm"