`delete-key-deletes-forward' should not be used by itself. The right way is to use `delete-forward-p' instead. If you use `delete-key-deletes-forward', then the code will fail on X keyboards without the backspace key, as well as on most TTY setups. --- cc-cmds.el.orig Mon Sep 21 18:53:19 1998 +++ cc-cmds.el Mon Sep 21 18:53:43 1998 ＠＠ -131,8 +131,8 ＠＠ nil, or point is inside a literal then the function in the variable `c-delete-function' is called." (interactive "*P") - (if (and (boundp 'delete-key-deletes-forward) - delete-key-deletes-forward) + (if (and (fboundp 'delete-forward-p) + (delete-forward-p)) (if (or (not c-hungry-delete-key) arg (c-in-literal)) -- Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic(a)srce.hr&gt; | Student at FER Zagreb, Croatia --------------------------------+-------------------------------- A jury consists of 12 persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.