Re: Emacs works differently within X and outside
On Wed, 14 Feb 2001 22:12:40 +0000, you wrote:
>I am running emacs 20.7-2 and xfree 4.0.2/kde2.1beta2 on a Debian
>potato system
>
>If I run emacs in a console, or over an ssh link (which appears like a
>console in an xterm) then BKSP and DEL work according to Debian
>policy. (ie BKSP deletes character to left of cursor, DEL deletes
>character at cursor).
>
>If I run emacs so that it creates an x-window to run in then the
>behaviour is different. In this case DEL and BKSP both work the same
>and delete the character to the left of the cursor).
>
>I don't like this latter behaviour and I believe it shouldn't work
>like this according to the Debian policy. However, I have spent ages
>trying to find out how key behaviour is controlled here and I can't.
>
>Any ideas?
>
Thanks for the other suggestions from everybody. I did a poke round
the debian bug list today - and its been raised several times. The
bug is reported as pretty old.
Alan
alan@chandlerfamily.org.uk
http://www.chandler.u-net.com
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