We all agree that this is the right thing to do, so we should just do it. There is no point in delaying this patch until after the 21.0 release. Given that this is a new major release, this is the proper time to do it, and doing it at any other time will only make our life more difficult. I am personally willing to accept any and all flames that anyone wants to write. Please send them to me and to nobody else. (Martin's comment: I agree 100% with Ben) 1998-09-21 Ben Wing <ben(a)xemacs.org&gt; * simple.el (delete-key-deletes-forward): Change default from nil to t, everywhere. --- lisp/simple.el.bak Mon Sep 21 18:18:38 1998 +++ lisp/simple.el Mon Sep 21 18:18:42 1998 ＠＠ -387,7 +387,7 ＠＠ (and overwrite-mode (not (eolp)) (save-excursion (insert-char ?\ arg)))) -(defcustom delete-key-deletes-forward nil +(defcustom delete-key-deletes-forward t "*If non-nil, the DEL key will erase one character forwards. If nil, the DEL key will erase one character backwards." :type 'boolean Ben (typed by Martin)