Re: Proposal: Bind backspace and delete like DEL in view-mode

[Eli Zaretskii]

Kai Grossjohann wrote:
> 
> address@hidden (Kim F. Storm) writes:
> 
> > Currently, view-mode only binds DEL to scroll backwards.
> > This is probably ok for ttys, but it doesn't work under X
> > (at least not in my setup).
> 
> Did you bind (kbd "<backspace>")?  Don't do that.  function-key-map
> says to generate DEL when the user hits <backspace>.
> 
> Try "emacs -q -no-site-file" then C-h c <backspace>.  For me, this
> reports "DEL runs the command backward-delete-char-untabify" or so.
> 
> Opinions?

Kai is right: the default setup should DTRT, including in view-mode.

Kim, I think you have some messup, either with DEL vs Delete vs Backspace,
or with normal-erase-is-backspace issue.  Please look into this; the manual
has a special section "DEL does not delete" which might help you figure
this out.