From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2001 08:17:57 +0000 (+0000) Subject: (Inserting Text): Add a note aboute the DEL/Delete/BS controversy. X-Git-Tag: emacs-pretest-21.0.100~127 X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=a37e0699ae62862ff77f81da3e71269a2e27ef06;p=emacs.git (Inserting Text): Add a note aboute the DEL/Delete/BS controversy. Suggested by Simon Green . --- diff --git a/man/basic.texi b/man/basic.texi index db2b08513a1..0780c4c6283 100644 --- a/man/basic.texi +++ b/man/basic.texi @@ -49,6 +49,17 @@ is on top of or under; that is the character @var{after} the cursor). The cursor and all characters after it move backwards. Therefore, if you type a printing character and then type @key{DEL}, they cancel out. +@kindex BS +@kindex backspace + Note that many keyboards label the @key{DEL} key as @key{BS} or +@key{<-}, and you might be used to refer to it as the ``backspace key''. +In addition, many modern keyboards have a separate function key labeled +@key{Delete} or @key{Del}, which is normally bound to the +@code{delete-char} command and deletes the character @emph{after} the +cursor (@pxref{Deletion}). Do not confuse @key{Delete} with +@key{DEL}---these are two different keys! @xref{Named ASCII Chars}, for +more details about special function keys recognized by Emacs. + @kindex RET @cindex newline To end a line and start typing a new one, type @key{RET}. This