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From: deech <aditya.siram@gmail.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Making Backspace Work Like VI
Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2009 06:16:38 -0800 (PST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <c188cce8-5f91-4c4f-8d85-4243bc343685@19g2000vbq.googlegroups.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mailman.12258.1260000313.2239.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org

On Dec 5, 2:04 am, Kevin Rodgers <kevin.d.rodg...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
> > On Fri, 4 Dec 2009 11:13:09 -0800 (PST), deech <aditya.si...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Ok, I found overwrite-mode which replaces text instead of inserting.
> >> But how do I make backspace move left instead of deleting?
>
> > You could install a new local keymap when overwrite-mode is enabled and
> > bind backspace to 'backward-char.
>
> Local keymaps are for major modes.  For minor modes like overwrite-mode,
> use minor-mode-map-alist.
>
> --
> Kevin Rodgers
> Denver, Colorado, USA

Could you show me how to use the minor-mode-map-alist? My google
search wasn't particularly revealing.
-deech


  parent reply	other threads:[~2009-12-05 14:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-12-04 19:09 Making Backspace Work Like VI deech
2009-12-04 19:13 ` deech
2009-12-04 20:08   ` Richard Riley
2009-12-04 20:17   ` Giorgos Keramidas
2009-12-05  8:04     ` Kevin Rodgers
     [not found]     ` <mailman.12258.1260000313.2239.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2009-12-05 14:16       ` deech [this message]
2009-12-06 14:46         ` Kevin Rodgers
2009-12-08  5:10           ` Kevin Rodgers
     [not found]   ` <mailman.12204.1259957364.2239.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2009-12-04 21:37     ` deech
2009-12-05  3:04 ` LanX

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