Doing F1-k on backspace ("delete" key) gives: DEL (translated from <backspace>) runs the command delete-backward-char
And with delete (Fn-"delete") it says: DEL (translated from <kp-delete>) runs the command delete-backward-char So both are mapped to DEL. You can fix this with (global-set-key [kp-delete] 'delete-char) Tested on GNU Emacs 24.0.50.1 (x86_64-apple-darwin, NS apple-appkit-1038.32) of 2010-06-21 on black.porkrind.org Personally, I'm used to C-d, M-d, etc. for forward deleting. Saludos, .j. On Wed, Mar 09, 2011 at 08:33:49PM -0600, John Hendy wrote: > I finally installed emacs/orgmode (using gnu emacs) on my OS X > ... I can't figure out what key combo provides "delete." Fn+delete > behaves like backspace. In my searching, I found reference to C-?, > but that comes up as unrecognized. > > How do I delete?