Re: will changing xmodmap work for Delete/backspace?

[Matt Brubeck <mbrubeck@hmc.edu>]

On Mon, 1 Oct 2001, Sean O'Brien wrote:

> sean@beagle:~$ xmodmap -e "keycode 59 = Backspace"
> xmodmap:  commandline:0:  bad keysym name 'Backspace'

This is case-sensitive, and must be 'BackSpace'.

You can edit /etc/X11/Xmodmap and simply uncomment the appropriate line.