>>>>> "SL" == SL Baur <steve(a)xemacs.org> writes:
SL> Raymond Toy <toy(a)rtp.ericsson.se> writes in xemacs-beta(a)xemacs.org:
>> Add one more.
SL> Is this a vote for changing the default of the Delete key to delete
SL> forwards, or against?
I'm getting confused on what's what. :-(
>> The key above return, whatever it's labelled, should delete to the
>> left.
SL> The only way to guarantee this behavior is for both backspace and
SL> delete to default to deleting backwards.
That would satisfy me 99 and 44/100% of the time: In X on a Sun
Type-5 (non-pc) keyboard, the key above return is labelled backspace,
but the keysym (according to xev) is Delete. It deletes backward like
I want.
However, on the rare occasions where I'm doing something on a console,
I think that key really is a backspace key (Ctrl-H). In this case I
still want it to delete left. (Hmm, how do I get help now? Does F1
work?)
However, I'm not going to be majorly upset if this changes. I know
how to work around it.
For new users, having the key above return delete left is the expected
behavior. And anyone who says differently is not a new user. :-)
Ray
