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Re: keyboard settings



edwalter@students.wisc.edu:
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> Hello all.  I am stuggleing to get my keyboard set up to work in X and
> on the console consistantly.  Basically, I would like the Backspace
> key (above enter) to cause the previous character to be erased and the
> delete key (to the right of enter) to erase the character under the
> cursor.  I have read *all* the HOWTOs and FAQs and am having trouble
> making things work the way they said that they would.  Specifically I
> am having trouble with GNU emacs in X.  I have trouble getting emacs
> in X to see the difference between BackSpace and Delete.  I have tried
> using xmodmap to set keycode 22 = BackSpace and keycode 107 = Delete,
> but emacs still says they are the same key.  

Have you read the Key-Setup mini howto? It explains how to do just this, and
it works with X and Motif programs.

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See shy Jo.


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