(command-line): If the terminal Emacs is running on

has erase char set to ^H, use the Backspace key for deleting
backward and, and the Delete key for deleting forward.

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 733e31bf774156f0e50fd6eadc9a79b4c2763b8a..b9aea14ba1d4cfc0e8bc2998a5fb730fc04d6710 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2001-11-01  Gerd Moellmann  <gerd@gnu.org>
+
+       * startup.el (command-line): If the terminal Emacs is running on
+       has erase char set to ^H, use the Backspace key for deleting
+       backward, and the Delete key for deleting forward.
+
 2001-11-01  Miles Bader  <miles@gnu.org>
 
        * button.el (define-button-type): Make sure every user-defined

diff --git a/lisp/startup.el b/lisp/startup.el
index 857732fea481d5e9db54687278110ac2f9e109ca..c40170d6a5cc517dc1184c29f68b0a69b9f08b46 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/startup.el
+++ b/lisp/startup.el
@@ -800,7 +800,12 @@ or `CVS', and any subdirectory that contains a file named `.nosearch'."
     (when (or (memq system-type '(ms-dos windows-nt))
              (and (memq window-system '(x))
                   (fboundp 'x-backspace-delete-keys-p)
-                  (x-backspace-delete-keys-p)))
+                  (x-backspace-delete-keys-p))
+             ;; If the terminal Emacs is running on has erase char
+             ;; set to ^H, use the Backspace key for deleting
+             ;; backward and, and the Delete key for deleting forward.
+             (and (null window-system)
+                  (eq tty-erase-char 8)))
       (setq-default normal-erase-is-backspace t)
       (normal-erase-is-backspace-mode 1)))