From: Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2001 14:28:45 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Minor clarification of case where both BACKSPACE and DELETE are
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Minor clarification of case where both BACKSPACE and DELETE are
handled.
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diff --git a/man/basic.texi b/man/basic.texi
index 0808df39747..cada16712df 100644
--- a/man/basic.texi
+++ b/man/basic.texi
@@ -62,12 +62,12 @@ for that purpose.  If the large key not far above the @key{RET} or
 @key{ENTER} key doesn't delete backwards, you need to do this.
 @xref{DEL Gets Help}, for an explanation of how.
 
-  Many keyboards have both a @key{BACKSPACE} key a short ways above
-@key{RET} or @key{ENTER}, and a @key{DELETE} key elsewhere.  In that
-case, the @key{BACKSPACE} key is @key{DEL}, and the @key{DELETE} key
-does something else---it deletes ``forwards,'' deleting the character
-after point, the one underneath the cursor, like @kbd{C-d} (see
-below).
+  Most PC keyboards have both a @key{BACKSPACE} key a short ways above
+@key{RET} or @key{ENTER}, and a @key{DELETE} key elsewhere.  On these
+keyboards, Emacs supports when possible the usual convention that the
+@key{BACKSPACE} key deletes backwards (it is @key{DEL}), while the
+@key{DELETE} key deletes ``forwards,'' deleting the character after
+point, the one underneath the cursor, like @kbd{C-d} (see below).
 
 @kindex RET
 @cindex newline