From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2001 17:55:15 +0000 (+0000) Subject: (Deletion): Fix last change. X-Git-Tag: emacs-pretest-21.0.100~76 X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=2d3a8f87477e4063f772d04ba09fd429feea14f5;p=emacs.git (Deletion): Fix last change. --- diff --git a/man/killing.texi b/man/killing.texi index 683b32c0653..5d61588f1d6 100644 --- a/man/killing.texi +++ b/man/killing.texi @@ -117,13 +117,14 @@ kill instead, since they can erase more than one character this way. have just @key{DEL}. (The former variety usually labels the @key{DEL} key as @key{BS} or @key{<-} and refers to it as a ``backspace key''.) When Emacs starts, it tries to detect keyboards with both @key{BS} and -@key{Delete} keys, and if so, binds them to the commands users expect: -@key{Delete} deletes forward, like @kbd{C-d} does, and @key{BS} deletes -backwards. However, some systems don't report the keyboard -configuration. If your keyboard has these two keys, and if they are -both reported to Emacs, but Emacs is unable to establish that, you can -use the @code{delete-key-deletes-forward-mode} command to force Emacs to -treat @key{BS} and @key{Delete} differently. Either type @kbd{C-u 1 M-x +@key{Delete} keys, and if it finds your keyboard to have both keys, it +binds them to the commands users expect: @key{Delete} deletes forward, +like @kbd{C-d} does, and @key{BS} deletes backwards. However, some +systems don't report the keyboard configuration. If your keyboard has +these two keys, and if they are both reported to Emacs, but Emacs is +unable to establish that, you can use the +@code{delete-key-deletes-forward-mode} command to force Emacs to treat +@key{BS} and @key{Delete} differently. Either type @kbd{C-u 1 M-x delete-key-deletes-forward-mode @key{RET}} or put the following line into your @file{.emacs} init file (@pxref{Init File}):