>>>>> "DH" == Dan Holmsand <dan(a)innehallsbolaget.com&gt; writes: DH> (progn DH> (setq foo-map (make-keymap)) DH> (define-key foo-map "\e\C-h" 'foo) DH> (use-local-map foo-map)) DH> gives Local Bindings: DH> M-backspace foo DH> M-C-h foo DH> in xemacs, but DH> ESC C-h foo DH> in fsf emacs. DH> In my opinion, this is pretty counter-intuitive (i.e. a bug) in DH> xemacs. But Emacs would do the same if it also mapped C-h to Backspace instead of DEL. E.g. (progn (setq foo-map (make-keymap)) (define-key foo-map "\e\C-i" 'foo) (use-local-map foo-map)) Makes both keystrokes Meta+Control+i and Meta+Tab invoke foo in Emacs.

Perhaps you are arguing that C-h should not be mapped to Backspace. I might even agree with that. But that will open several old cans of worms.