Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 12:59:30 -0500 (CDT) From: "Paul T. Root" <proot@iaces.com> To: gvosmaer@xs4all.nl (Vosmaer) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: emacs key bindings cause headaches Message-ID: <199909151759.MAA06724@iaces.com> In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19990915175610.0079db20@pop.xs4all.nl> from Vosmaer at "Sep 15, 99 05:56:10 pm"
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In a previous message, Vosmaer said: > Hello people, > > Does any of you know where I could find information on how to get my Emacs > key bindings right? I, for one, would like to have a META key and to be > able to press backspace without entering the help system (backspace does > C-h). i have checked my keymaps, I'm using the US-iso keymap, which appears > to bind the backspace key right... > > Jacob Vosmaer > > (running fbsd 3.2 on a 486) You can read Richard Stallman's stuff on why backspace is wrong and delete is backspace. Or you you can use some (or all) of this in your ~/.emacs file (display-time) (server-start) (global-set-key "\C-h" 'delete-backward-char) (global-set-key "\C-]" 'help-for-help) (global-set-key "\C-X@" 'set-mark-command) (put 'narrow-to-page 'disabled nil) And isn't Alt your Meta key? -- "I don't know what weapons they will use in World War III, but they will be using clubs in the fourth." -- Albert Einstein To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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