Re: X and backspace (sometimes)

["J.H.M. Dassen \(Ray\)" <jdassen@wi.LeidenUniv.nl>]

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On Wed, Oct 13, 1999 at 06:14:36 -0500, Lance Hoffmeyer wrote:
> I have somewhat of an odd problem.  In X some apps have a backspace
> capacity such as Xemacs and Gnome-terminal while others do not (Netscape,
> xterm).  What might be causing this and what can I do to solve this
> problem?

http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch3.html#s3.7 describes how
backspace and delete are to behave:
	<-- 
	     delete the character to the left of the cursor 

	Delete 
	     delete the character to the right of the cursor 

X conforms to this policy, provided you are using the X KeyBoard extension.
Make sure you do /not/ specify XkbDisable in /etc/X11/XF86Config .

HTH,
Ray
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