Re: Keyboard with X

[Daniel Stringfield <servo@jax-inter.net>]

On Tue, 29 Oct 1996, Alexandre Lebrun wrote:

> 	Hi.
> I tried LyX and sometimes run Netscape, and they show the same problem :
> when trying to erase a character with backspace, the current character is 
> erased instead of the preceding. ( just as DEL does in a Microsoft 
> environment). It's very disturbing, and other apps don't have this 
> problem (they treat both DEL and Backspace as 'backspace' ).
> 
> Is there a cure ?

Netscape is compiled as a "motif" program... and I believe this is a motif
behavior.  The only cure I believe to work properly, is to rewrite
netscape, not using motif. ;>  

Could be worse, could have to run a M$ emulator.


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