Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 15:51:11 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Jonathan Arnold <jdarnold@buddydog.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mail [sending itself mail, backspacing?] Message-ID: <20020401125111.GF4740@hades.hell.gr> In-Reply-To: <200203312233270974.1BD2EE9B@mail.attbi.com> References: <20020331221322.F63569-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net> <200203312233270974.1BD2EE9B@mail.attbi.com>
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On 2002-03-31 22:33, Jonathan Arnold wrote:
> Of course, it is a problem in emacs, where ctrl-h invokes the help system.
> Keymapping in X fixes this problem, so that the backspace key doesn't send
> ctrl-h, but rather sends the DEL key. I'm not sure how to do that in the
> console.
C-h is a convenient way of invoking help within Emacs. Of course, you can
change that. Making BackSpace delete the character `behind the point' is
as easy as adding to your .emacs the following:
(global-set-key "\C-h" 'backward-delete-char)
If you do that, you can still invoke Emacs' help with `M-x help' or bind
some other key to invoke the `help' function, like `ESC h' with proper key
mappings in your .emacs file.
(global-set-key "\M-h" 'backward-delete-char)
I hope this helps a bit :)
Giorgos Keramidas FreeBSD Documentation Project
keramida@{freebsd.org,ceid.upatras.gr} http://www.FreeBSD.org/docproj/
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