Date: Tue, 25 Mar 1997 15:35:43 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: hal@vailsys.com (Hal Snyder) Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Backspace = ^H Message-ID: <199703252235.PAA26015@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <33380C6A.29B@vailsys.com> from "Hal Snyder" at Mar 25, 97 11:33:30 am
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> I don't care about religion - the important thing is that > <delete-previous-character> is easily configured for both warring > factions. > > Ask the man on the street - I'll bet 99.99% of persons who use a > keyboard will reach for the key that says "Backspace" when they make a > one-key typo, and not go hunting for "Delete". This is a justification for changing EMACS, not a justification for making the key send something other than what its keycap claims it sends. Regards, Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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