>>>>> Pete Templin writes: Pete> I'd also like to know how to get backspace to be a backspace Pete> and delete to be a delete consistently in all of the things I Pete> do (xterms on localhost, xterms telnetted to another host, Pete> emacs locally, emacs in a xterm telnetted to another host, Pete> emacs remote onto my X display) - what's the right way to do Pete> it?
For Emacs in xterms, the best solution seems to be to add the following to your .emacs file: ,----- | (or window-system | (progn | (define-key ctl-x-map "?" 'help-command) | (define-key global-map "\C-h" (lookup-key global-map "\C-?")) | (setq help-char ??))) `----- This makes Backspace behave like you're used to. Be aware, though, that this changes the behavior of C-h, too, as Emacs has no way to tell the difference between Backspace and C-h in a terminal where that is the same. As you can see, you can use "?" in places where you used C-h to get help, before. You can also use F1. And the help command is bound to C-x ?. hth, kai -- I fell in love with you the first time I looked at you them there eyes.
