From 83b344c59bbb2056273005e03dea86a6187ce816 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Richard M. Stallman" Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2001 14:28:45 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Minor clarification of case where both BACKSPACE and DELETE are handled. --- man/basic.texi | 12 ++++++------ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) 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 -- 2.39.5