Re: [tbox-l] Emacs Probelm

[Marc S. <ma...@au...>]

The backspace key didn't work for me using emacs 19.31.1 on AIX 4.2.1 or 
AIX 4.3.3.  If I use the backspace key, it maps to ctrl-h, which is the
emacs help character.

I checked on google and found this:
http://www.introrse.com/jasonc/docs/emacs-ch.html

which explains that this is normal emacs behavior which you can override
by adding the following line to your .emacs file:

(define-key global-map "\C-h" 'backward-delete-char)

and I confirmed that it works as expected.

Apparently the Toolbox emacs is working as designed.

Marc

> 
> Hello,
> 
>     I've downloaded emacs from the following site:
> ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/aix/freeSoftware/aixtoolbox/RPMS/ppc/emacs
> 
>     The installation went okay on AIX 4.3.3, but the Backspace key in
> emacs doesn't work.
> Here are the commands that I ran:
> 
> # unsetenv DISPLAY
> # emacs
> The Backspace key does not delete.
> 
> I have never had any problems on AIX 4.3.2 and AIX 4.3.2 using emacs.
> What are the changes that have occured in AIX 4.3.3 that cause this
> Backspace problem.
> 
> 
> CIao,
> Franco.
> fc...@ca...
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