On Sat, Sep 18, 1999 at 12:01:17PM +0200, Juli-Manel Merino Vidal wrote: > Hi all, > > I've a problem with the <del> key in xemacs. If I press <del> it does > the same as <backspace>, so deleting the character before the cursor > position. It happens in the console and under X (but not with emacs, > that works fine). What I have to do to make work both keys ? > So, <del> deleting the current character and <backspace> to delete the > character before the cursor position (this one works not). > > Please, HELP. This is really annoying. > > Thanks. > I found this in the XEmacs help menu, under sample configurations I think. Just add it to your .emacs file: ;; If you prefer delete to actually delete forward then you want to ;; uncomment the next line (or use `Customize' to customize this). (setq delete-key-deletes-forward t) And it should work. HTH, MBG -- "Infinite: Bigger than the biggest thing ever and then some. Much bigger than that in fact, really amazingly immense, a totally stunning size, real "wow, that's big," time. Infinity is just so big that, by comparison, bigness itself looks really titchy. Gigantic multiplied by colossal multiplied by staggeringly huge is the sort of concept we're trying to get across here." -Douglas Adams 'The Restaurant at the End of the Universe'
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