>>>> "Glynn" == Glynn Clements
<glynn(a)sensei.co.uk> writes: 
Glynn> Michael Sperber [Mr. Preprocessor] wrote:
> All excellent answers.  (Thanks, Jan!)  They still doesn't
answer the
> basic question why I can't rebind this key inside XEmacs, when I can
> rebind every other key. 
Glynn> Why you can't rebind what key? 'backspace or [(control ?h)]?
Well,
(global-set-key 'backspace 'delete-backward-char)
doesn't cut the mustard.  Despite "stty erase ^?".
However,
(global-set-key "\C-h" 'delete-backward-char)
works.  Does 'backspace correspond to the event generated by the erase
character?
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Cheers =8-} Chipsy
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