# HG changeset patch
# User Gerd Moellmann <gerd@gnu.org>
# Date 977489411 0
# Node ID 0f079e057295da0ae7f38243c47ebf6a1c804f54
# Parent  7ed3c818d268e23ef2ca45cf7e3481b221393fa9
(delete-key-deletes-forward): Doc fix.

diff -r 7ed3c818d268 -r 0f079e057295 lisp/simple.el
--- a/lisp/simple.el	Fri Dec 22 12:20:46 2000 +0000
+++ b/lisp/simple.el	Fri Dec 22 12:50:11 2000 +0000
@@ -4010,7 +4010,10 @@
 Backspace key, to DEL, and by mapping DEL to C-d via
 `keyboard-translate'.  The former functionality of C-h is available on
 the F1 key.  You should probably not use this setting if you don't
-have both Backspace, Delete and F1 keys."
+have both Backspace, Delete and F1 keys.
+
+Setting this variable with setq doesn't take effect.  Programmatically,
+call `delete-key-deleted-forward-mode' instead."
   :type 'boolean
   :group 'editing-basics
   :version "21.1"