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- From: robert@oahu.cs.ucla.edu (Robert Karmolinski)
- Subject: Re: New user to EMACS on 3b1/PC7300 -- help!!
- Message-ID: <1992Jul26.221410.1567@cs.ucla.edu>
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- Date: Sun, 26 Jul 92 22:14:10 GMT
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- dburr@sbphy.physics.ucsb.edu (Donald Burr) writes:
-
- >Well, I decided to take the plunge, and I got Emacs running on my PC7300
- >(Unix PC). This is the GNU Emacs distribution at OSU-CIS, not the one
- >from The STORE!.
-
- >So far, I like it. It's pretty good. But I do have a big problem.
-
- >I am used to hitting the Backspace key (the one right next to the
- >Reset/Break button) to erase mistakes. ...
- > To correct mistakes, I must use the DEL key, which is extremely
- >inconvenient (you have to hit shift while hitting ESC), ...
-
- No emacs help here, but I might point out that the <break> key on the
- 3B1 keyboard is functionally equivalent to the <delete> key, and a lot
- easier to type than <shift-esc>. Whenever I'm forced to use the
- <delete> key, that's what I hit.
-
- (Personally, I find it a little bit annoying when software such as emacs
- ignores my stty character preferences, or that I would have to go out of
- my way to make this software behave properly).
-
- Anyway, I'm sure somebody will tell you how to fix your emacs.
-
-
- Good luck,
-
- Robert Karmolinski
-