Re: [Various] Backspace direction reversion
Raymond Toy wrote:
>> 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.
However, I don't consider that it's XEmacs' job to work around this
particular misconfiguration, particularly when the net effect of doing
so is that others have to live with a Delete key which deletes
backwards.
It deletes backward like I want.
How about other applications? Does it work for XmText and XmTextField
widgets? What about GTK or Qt?
For new users, having the key above return delete left is the
expected
behavior.
Sure. And the most reliable way to have this work in all cases is to
ensure that the X server generates the `Backspace' keysym when this
key is pressed. In which case, it doesn't matter if XEmacs deletes
forward in response to the `Delete' keysym.
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Glynn Clements <glynn(a)sensei.co.uk>