rlp@beach.cis.ufl.edu (Bob Powell) (03/06/90)
Situation: calling in from home, using a terminal with no "delete" key. I've got a backspace key, though, and <CTRL><BACKSPACE> apparently sends the needed code to equal a "true" delete. In the basic Unix, I can use stty erase '^H' and the backspace key, by itself, will back up and delete the character. Emacs, though, doesn't recognize that I've done the stty in Unix, and demands the <CTRL><BACKSPACE> to back up and erase. Is there any entry I can make in my .login, .cshrc, or .emacs files to get emacs to accept the backspace, by itself, as a "normal" delete key? Thanks a bunch! Bob
krulwich@ils.nwu.edu (Bruce Krulwich) (03/07/90)
In article <22573@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU>, rlp@beach (Bob Powell) writes: >Is there any entry I can make in my .login, .cshrc, >or .emacs files to get emacs to accept the backspace, >by itself, as a "normal" delete key? Try: (global-set-key "" 'backward-delete-char-untabify) Or maybe BACKWARD-DELETE-CHAR if you don't want it to untabify. Bruce