From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Paul Edwards" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: simple editor required Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 13:57:56 GMT Organization: BigPond Internet Services (http://www.bigpond.net.au) Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <8465nduadj.fsf@lucy.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de><5lfzmgbrio.fsf@rum.cs.yale.edu><84el1zcze6.fsf@lucy.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de><841xxzto54.fsf@lucy.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de> <20030616114712.73c4d27e.devnull@example.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1055858703 16942 80.91.224.249 (17 Jun 2003 14:05:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 14:05:03 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jun 17 16:05:02 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19SH40-0004Is-00 for ; Tue, 17 Jun 2003 16:03:56 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19SH0U-0007st-8j for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 17 Jun 2003 10:00:18 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!enews.sgi.com!news.xtra.co.nz!newsfeeds.ihug.co.nz!ihug.co.nz!ken-transit.news.telstra.net!news.telstra.net!news-server.bigpond.net.au!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 25 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 144.132.167.28 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@bigpond.net.au Original-X-Trace: news-server.bigpond.net.au 1055858276 144.132.167.28 (Tue, 17 Jun 2003 23:57:56 EST) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 23:57:56 EST Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:114504 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:10996 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:10996 "Sam Halliday" wrote in message news:20030616114712.73c4d27e.devnull@example.com... > Paul Edwards wrote: > > For technical curiosity though, why was everyone convinced > > the global-set-key would work? And indeed it did work on > > Xemacs. I would have thought this situation would have > > come up all the time for the presumably large number of > > people who want that behaviour of DEL doing a delete-char. > > did anyone suggest > > (normal-erase-is-backspace-mode 0) No. > in ~/.emacs Error in init file: Symbol's function definition is void: normal-erase-is-backspace-mode Client is using 20.7.1, maybe it is a new feature. BFN. Paul.