[comp.sys.hp] Novice question: Delete key on keyboard

muller@src.umd.edu (Christophe Muller) (09/18/90)

Hello,

Sorry if this has already been mentioned, I'm a new reader of this group.

Is there any way of swapping the BACKSPACE and DELETE keys on a 340/9000HP?
(shift delete is not very nice in emacs...)

Please email the answer, Thanks in advance.
Christophe.

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evgabb@sdrc.UUCP (Rob Gabbard) (09/19/90)

From article <MULLER.90Sep18095129@molecule.src.umd.edu>, by muller@src.umd.edu (Christophe Muller):
> Is there any way of swapping the BACKSPACE and DELETE keys on a 340/9000HP?

If you are running X try this:

	xmodmap -e "keysym BackSpace = Delete"


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Rob Gabbard (uunet!sdrc!evgabb)  
Technical Development Engineer   
Structural Dynamics Research Corp

campbell@hpindda.cup.hp.com (Heather Campbell) (09/21/90)

If you only want to swap the BACKSPACE and DELETE keys within emacs, put the
following in your .emacs file.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
(let ((the-table (make-string 128 0)))
  (let ((i 0))
    (while (< i 128)
      (aset the-table i i)
      (setq i (1+ i))
      )
    )
  ;; Swap ^H and DEL
  (aset the-table ?\177 ?\^h)
  (aset the-table ?\^h ?\177)
  (setq keyboard-translate-table the-table)
  )
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Heather Campbell

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