From: Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Ctrl-h vs Backspace on Windows
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 13:41:03 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <dvpoe8$ep1$1@sea.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <umzfjy3z1.fsf@gnu.org>
Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>>From: Bill Brodie <wbrodie@panix.com>
>>Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 12:19:24 +0000 (UTC)
>>
>>In version 21.3 of emacs running under Windows XP, a fresh install
>>treats Ctrl-h as equivalent to Backspace. For example, when I
>>strike M-x help RET k <key>, where <key> is either Ctrl-h or
>>Backspace, I obtain documentation for the DEL key. Other Windows
>>applications can distinguish between these keys. Is there some
>>way to configure emacs to recognize the difference?
>
>
> Emacs should distinguish them by default; it does for me.
>
> Does this happen in "emacs -Q" as well? If not, your init file(s) are
> the culprit.
>
> If "emacs -Q" exhibits the same behavior, type "F1 l" (that's the
> letter ell, not the digit one) after hitting Ctrl-h, and tell what you
> see in the *Help* buffer that Emacs pops.
For Emacs 21, run "emacs -q --no-site-file" instead of "emacs -Q".
--
Kevin Rodgers
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-03-21 20:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-03-21 12:19 Ctrl-h vs Backspace on Windows Bill Brodie
2006-03-21 14:12 ` Peter Dyballa
2006-03-21 19:47 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-03-21 20:41 ` Kevin Rodgers [this message]
[not found] ` <mailman.6.1142973768.14013.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2006-04-01 2:38 ` Bill Brodie
[not found] ` <mailman.2.1142970485.14014.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2006-03-21 22:30 ` Jason Rumney
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