alt delete and normal-erase-is-backspace-mode

[Raymond S Cummings]

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In GNU Emacs 21.1.1 (sparc-sun-solaris2.8, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars)
 of 2002-01-02 on sf05
configured using `configure  --prefix=/net/sf05/data2/users/cumminr/local 
--x-includes=/net/sf05/data2/users/cumminr/local/include/X11:/net/sf05/data2/users/cumminr/local/include/X11/X11:/usr/openwin/X11
 --x-libraries=/net/sf05/data2/users/cumminr/local/lib:/usr/openwin/lib'
Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: nil
  locale-coding-system: nil
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug
and the precise symptoms of the bug:


emacs -q                     normal-erase-is-backspace-mode                     
     
---------------------------  ------------------------------                     
     
                                                                             
backspac                     backspac                                        
                                                                             
delet                        delete                                             
     
(backwards)                  (forwards)                                      
                                                                             
ctrl backspace               ctrl backspace                                     
     
deletes forwards             deletes backwards                               
                                                                             
ctrl delete                  ctrl delete                                        
     
deletes backwards            deletes forwards                                

alt backspace                alt backspace                                      
     
deletes backwards            deletes backwards                               
                                                                             
alt delete                   alt delete                                      
deletes backwards            deletes backwards***                               
     
                             (M-DEL runs the command backward-kill-word)        
     
                                                                             
esc backspace                esc backspace                                      
     
deletes backwards            deletes backwards                               
                                                                             
esc delete                   esc delete###                                      
     
deletes backwards            down-list                                       
                                                                             
                                                                             
                             ESC <C-delete> runs the command 
backward-kill-sexp###
                             (alt,<C-delete> doesn't work on my PC X-server)
                                                                             
                             ESC <C-backspace> runs the command 
backward-kill-sexp


*** these don't seem to follow the help for normal-erase-is-backspace-mode:
### these don't folow the spirit of the normal-erase-is-backspace-mode:



In addition, on window systems, the bindings of C-Delete, M-Delete,
C-M-Delete, C-Backspace, M-Backspace, and C-M-Backspace are changed in
the global keymap in accordance with the functionality of Delete and
Backspace.  For example, if Delete is remapped to C-d, which deletes
forward, C-Delete is bound to `kill-word', but if Delete is remapped
to DEL, which deletes backward, C-Delete is bound to
`backward-kill-word'.



























Recent input:
# # <up> <down> <right> <left> SPC t h e e s <backspace> 
<backspace> s e SPC d o n ' t SPC f o o l o w <backspace> 
<backspace> <backspace> <backspace> l o w SPC t h e 
SPC s p r <backspace> i r i t SPC o f SPC t h e SPC 
<up> <right> <right> <right> <right> C-k <down> C-y 
<up> C-y C-x C-s <help-echo> <help-echo> <f1> C-g <prior> 
<next> <prior> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> 
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> 
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> 
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> 
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <menu-bar> <help-menu> 
<report-emacs-bug>

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