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Subject: Re: emacs key bindings cause headaches
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?




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