From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kevin Rodgers Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Making Backspace Work Like VI Date: Sun, 06 Dec 2009 07:46:28 -0700 Message-ID: References: <6f039074-adcd-43d5-af6a-beed5f7a4289@z41g2000yqz.googlegroups.com> <8bb27244-8fce-477a-8534-38c72930d48d@m26g2000yqb.googlegroups.com> <87pr6ucx3w.fsf@kobe.laptop> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1260110855 12717 80.91.229.12 (6 Dec 2009 14:47:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2009 14:47:35 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Dec 06 15:47:29 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1NHIOW-0002VW-QO for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 06 Dec 2009 15:47:29 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:36331 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NHIOW-0001eG-J9 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 06 Dec 2009 09:47:28 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NHIO9-0001cb-VS for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 06 Dec 2009 09:47:06 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NHIO4-0001ZO-Tt for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 06 Dec 2009 09:47:05 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=56494 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NHIO4-0001ZL-OK for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 06 Dec 2009 09:47:00 -0500 Original-Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:51709) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NHIO4-0002YT-7S for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 06 Dec 2009 09:47:00 -0500 Original-Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.50) id 1NHIO0-0002JD-FY for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 06 Dec 2009 15:46:56 +0100 Original-Received: from c-71-237-24-138.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([71.237.24.138]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 06 Dec 2009 15:46:56 +0100 Original-Received: from kevin.d.rodgers by c-71-237-24-138.hsd1.co.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 06 Dec 2009 15:46:56 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 24 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: c-71-237-24-138.hsd1.co.comcast.net User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (Macintosh/20090812) In-Reply-To: X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:70459 Archived-At: deech wrote: > On Dec 5, 2:04 am, Kevin Rodgers wrote: >> Giorgos Keramidas wrote: >>> On Fri, 4 Dec 2009 11:13:09 -0800 (PST), deech 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. > > Could you show me how to use the minor-mode-map-alist? My google > search wasn't particularly revealing. Untested: (defvar overwrite-mode-map (make-sparse-keymap)) (define-key overwrite-mode-map "" 'backward-char) (add-to-list 'minor-mode-map-alist (cons 'overwrite-mode overwrite-mode-map)) -- Kevin Rodgers Denver, Colorado, USA