[Please use < 80 character lines] On Wed, Oct 13, 1999 at 06:14:36 -0500, Lance Hoffmeyer wrote: > I have somewhat of an odd problem. In X some apps have a backspace > capacity such as Xemacs and Gnome-terminal while others do not (Netscape, > xterm). What might be causing this and what can I do to solve this > problem?
http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch3.html#s3.7 describes how backspace and delete are to behave: <-- delete the character to the left of the cursor Delete delete the character to the right of the cursor X conforms to this policy, provided you are using the X KeyBoard extension. Make sure you do /not/ specify XkbDisable in /etc/X11/XF86Config . HTH, Ray -- ART A friend of mine in Tulsa, Okla., when I was about eleven years old. I'd be interested to hear from him. There are so many pseudos around taking his name in vain. - The Hipcrime Vocab by Chad C. Mulligan
