Rodolfo Medina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> If I start Emacs and Gnus out of graphical environment, >> when trying to delete a message with `B del', Gnus complains that >> `B <deletechar> is undefined'; and if I want to get back one page >> within a message, with `del', Gnus complains that the buffer is read only. >> Instead, within graphical environment all works fine. >> How come, and how to fix that?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > There is a longstanding issue about the labeling and coding of keys on > keyboards. Originally (in the non-IBM world), the key in the upper > right was marked DEL or Delete, and sent the ASCII DEL symbol (0177). > This was used as the byte that caused a previous input symbol to be removed. > > [snip] > > The following comments and Xresources fragments, intended for those > with PC keyboards, explain how to fix xterm so that the Backspace key > generates DEL and to avoid making xterm set BS as the erase character. > > You seem to be having a different problem, which is that whatever > system you are using to type on is not generating an ASCII DEL (0177) > when you push the backspace key. Or perhaps you are pushing the > 'Delete' key. Thanks indeed for your ponderous posting, which is though a bit hard for me to fully understand. But it gave me the idea of using the backspace key in place of the <del> key, and it works fine: to delete a message, I do `B <backspace>' (or also `B Ctrl-<del>'); to go back one page within a message, <backspace>. Thanks indeed, Rodolfo _______________________________________________ info-gnus-english mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnus-english
