Mercurial > emacs
changeset 36654:8abc334af58e
(Inserting Text): Add a note aboute the DEL/Delete/BS controversy.
Suggested by Simon Green <simon@elixir-studios.co.uk>.
| author | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> |
|---|---|
| date | Thu, 08 Mar 2001 08:17:57 +0000 |
| parents | fb78f82ca9c8 |
| children | 985393bc6af7 |
| files | man/basic.texi |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/man/basic.texi Thu Mar 08 08:01:03 2001 +0000 +++ b/man/basic.texi Thu Mar 08 08:17:57 2001 +0000 @@ -49,6 +49,17 @@ cursor and all characters after it move backwards. Therefore, if you type a printing character and then type @key{DEL}, they cancel out. +@kindex BS +@kindex backspace + Note that many keyboards label the @key{DEL} key as @key{BS} or +@key{<-}, and you might be used to refer to it as the ``backspace key''. +In addition, many modern keyboards have a separate function key labeled +@key{Delete} or @key{Del}, which is normally bound to the +@code{delete-char} command and deletes the character @emph{after} the +cursor (@pxref{Deletion}). Do not confuse @key{Delete} with +@key{DEL}---these are two different keys! @xref{Named ASCII Chars}, for +more details about special function keys recognized by Emacs. + @kindex RET @cindex newline To end a line and start typing a new one, type @key{RET}. This