[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Will Lowe) wrote on 08.12.97 in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Tue, 9 Dec 1997, Philip Hands wrote: > > > BTW I'd be interested to hear any justification of why <--- == DEL > > Well, from a sheer visual standpoint, seeing an arrow pointing to the > left, like on the BS key (<--), makes one think that pushing that > button's going to move the cursor that way, just like the other arrow > keys. Well, that's what the <-- == DEL proposal wants to have, too. > I've NEVER understood the funky behavior of the BS key on *nix. What "funky behaviour"? In my VCs, <-- gives DEL and destructively moves the cursor to the left. Under DOS, <-- gives BS and destructively moves the cursor to the left. Where is the problem? MfG Kai -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .