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- From: operjsl@HYDRA.ROSE-HULMAN.EDU
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Strange (REAL strange) emacs/kermit problem
- Date: 12 Nov 1992 05:49:56 GMT
- Organization: Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
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- I managed to get emacs working quite nicely, along with kermit5a. Well, I
- decided to copy the emacs-defaults.el and default.el files from the lisp
- libraries on our Sun network at school so that emacs at home would behave
- like emacs at school. Mission accomplished...all is well, EXCEPT..
-
- As you may know Sun keyboards are kind of odd, so the school management has
- setup emacs so that the DELETE key functions as a backspace and the BACKSPACE
- key sends a ctrl-h. On a PC, this is rather annoying. So far, I have been
- unable to find out where this key binding is set. The REALLY strange thing
- is that these key bindings are only in effect while running emacs from
- within X! Running emacs from a standard console has backspace functioning
- as normal. The REALLY REALLY strange thing is that kermit5a somehow has
- picked up on the settings, and now when I kermit via modem to the school's
- VAX, pressing backspace sends a ctrl-h rather than a backspace, and delete
- sends a backspace! AHHH!! Can anyone give me any clues as to how to correct
- this?
-
- Jeffrey Little
- operjsl@rosevc.rose-hulman.edu
-