Re: Delete acting as backspace

[Alberto Simões]

Hello

On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 10:22 PM, Pascal J. Bourguignon
<pjb@informatimago.com> wrote:
> Alberto Simões <hashashin@gmail.com> writes:
>> In my recently compiled emacs (MacOS / NS) when I use Function +
>> Backspace (the usual way to perform delete), emacs interprets it as a
>> standard backspace.
>> I did not find any configuration detail under NS customization pane,
>> but I can have missed it.
>
> You don't say whether you're using emacs thru a terminal, thru X, or
> thru Aqua.  The handling of the keyboard depends on the kind of
> terminal you use, not on emacs.

Emacs under MacOS / NS says all :) The NextStep build for eamcs.

> However, you can configure emacs to react differently from keyboard
> events.  You may use M-x normal-erase-is-backspace-mode RET to toggle
> the Erase and Delete mode of the Backspace and Delete keys.

I'll try. thanks
>
> But of course it would be better to configure your terminal correctly
> in the first place.
>
>
> --
> __Pascal Bourguignon__
>



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Alberto Simões