# HG changeset patch # User Eli Zaretskii # Date 984333315 0 # Node ID d587de1b655adf079d47655dc0f1021ee87a51a7 # Parent ff26f01b3c8df8debd2b3cff54c66e9c5e95f783 (Deletion): Fix last change. diff -r ff26f01b3c8d -r d587de1b655a man/killing.texi --- a/man/killing.texi Sun Mar 11 17:52:35 2001 +0000 +++ b/man/killing.texi Sun Mar 11 17:55:15 2001 +0000 @@ -117,13 +117,14 @@ have just @key{DEL}. (The former variety usually labels the @key{DEL} key as @key{BS} or @key{<-} and refers to it as a ``backspace key''.) When Emacs starts, it tries to detect keyboards with both @key{BS} and -@key{Delete} keys, and if so, binds them to the commands users expect: -@key{Delete} deletes forward, like @kbd{C-d} does, and @key{BS} deletes -backwards. However, some systems don't report the keyboard -configuration. If your keyboard has these two keys, and if they are -both reported to Emacs, but Emacs is unable to establish that, you can -use the @code{delete-key-deletes-forward-mode} command to force Emacs to -treat @key{BS} and @key{Delete} differently. Either type @kbd{C-u 1 M-x +@key{Delete} keys, and if it finds your keyboard to have both keys, it +binds them to the commands users expect: @key{Delete} deletes forward, +like @kbd{C-d} does, and @key{BS} deletes backwards. However, some +systems don't report the keyboard configuration. If your keyboard has +these two keys, and if they are both reported to Emacs, but Emacs is +unable to establish that, you can use the +@code{delete-key-deletes-forward-mode} command to force Emacs to treat +@key{BS} and @key{Delete} differently. Either type @kbd{C-u 1 M-x delete-key-deletes-forward-mode @key{RET}} or put the following line into your @file{.emacs} init file (@pxref{Init File}):