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: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 12:51:21 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> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1055434897 10301 80.91.224.249 (12 Jun 2003 16:21:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 16:21:37 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jun 12 18:21:35 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 19QUpT-0002fm-00 for ; Thu, 12 Jun 2003 18:21:35 +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 19QUoQ-0007VY-8m for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 12 Jun 2003 12:20:30 -0400 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 24 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 1055422281 144.132.167.28 (Thu, 12 Jun 2003 22:51:21 EST) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 22:51:21 EST Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!enews.sgi.com!news.xtra.co.nz!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.syd.connect.com.au!news.bri.connect.com.au!news.brisbane.pipenetworks.com!duster.adelaide.on.net!vicpull2.telstra.net!lon-transit.news.telstra.net!news.telstra.net!news-server.bigpond.net.au!not-for-mail Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:114403 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:10895 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:10895 "Kai Großjohann" wrote in message news:84el1zcze6.fsf@lucy.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de... > "Paul Edwards" writes: > > > The following work in xemacs, don't work in emacs... > > > > (global-set-key (kbd "DEL") 'delete-char) > > (global-set-key (kbd "DEL") (kbd "C-d")) > > What does it mean to not work? Does Emacs crash? No, it just has no effect. The DEL key remains bound to delete-backward-char and keeps trying to delete the previous character. No "error in init file", no crash, just completely ignored. And last time I tried binding DEL to a different function, e.g. find, it ignored that too, it isn't just the delete-char function it doesn't like. But I can retry that to be sure if you think it would be worth a try? BFN. Paul.