From: sens@FASECON.ECON.NYU.EDU (Sunando Sen) Subject: Re: Backspace in EMACS under X11 Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1993 06:28:36 GMT
In article <16B55EB36.I1041905@dbstu1.rz.tu-bs.de>
I1041905@dbstu1.rz.tu-bs.de writes:
>Hello,
>to get BACKSPACE delete to the left in emacs under X,
>add >>xmodmap -e "keysym BackSpace = Delete"<< to your xinitrc
>file. (this is described in /usr/emacs/etc/FAQ).
>To have the Del key delete to the right, insert the command
>>>xmodmap -e "keysym Delete = 0x4"<< BEFORE the above command.
>This is no Linux-specific, but for all X systems.
>Note the Upper/lowercases in esp. BackSpace.
>Note furtheron that typing Del at begginning of line will log you off.
>(At least close your window.) As bonus, these key assignments do also
>work for bash. (and others)
> Happy Linuxing! Michael
I have one more problem along the same line. The Home/End keys seem to be
dead under X, how do I get them to work. I.e., how do I map (using
Xmodmap or otherwise) "Home" to Home and "End" to End under X11? The
Ins/Del and PgUp/PgDown keys all work under X. Thanks,
Sunando Sen
sens@fasecon.econ.nyu.edu