Re: why does 'event-to-character return nil for backspace?

Mike> So why does Mike> (event-to-character (character-to-event 'backspace)) Mike> return nil? Gag me. 'backspace is a _keysym_ which does not map to a character in at all on a window system. In particular, the character BS aka ASCII 0x08 aka C-H is the help character. Apparently somebody decided it would be helpful to treat keysyms as characters in character-to-event, but only when it makes sense. I'm sorry, I'm not going to touch this one with a 3m cylinder with a 1.5cm diameter. :-( -- Institute of Policy and Planning Sciences http://turnbull.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp University of Tsukuba Tennodai 1-1-1 Tsukuba 305-8573 JAPAN Ask not how you can "do" free software business; ask what your business can "do for" free software.