SL> Raymond Toy <toy(a)rtp.ericsson.se&gt; writes in xemacs-beta(a)xemacs.org: 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. :-( 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