Mercurial > emacs
changeset 36656:e562b27b8afd
DELETE and BACSKPACE are supported on any window system, not only X.
| author | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> |
|---|---|
| date | Thu, 08 Mar 2001 08:26:38 +0000 |
| parents | 985393bc6af7 |
| children | 0ee33338bb24 |
| files | man/custom.texi |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/man/custom.texi Thu Mar 08 08:21:11 2001 +0000 +++ b/man/custom.texi Thu Mar 08 08:26:38 2001 +0000 @@ -1706,9 +1706,9 @@ convenient to distinguish in Emacs between these keys and the ``same'' control characters typed with the @key{CTRL} key. - Emacs distinguishes these two kinds of input, when used with the X -Window System. It treats the ``special'' keys as function keys named -@code{tab}, @code{return}, @code{backspace}, @code{linefeed}, + Emacs distinguishes these two kinds of input, when the keyboard +reports these keys to Emacs. It treats the ``special'' keys as function +keys named @code{tab}, @code{return}, @code{backspace}, @code{linefeed}, @code{escape}, and @code{delete}. These function keys translate automatically into the corresponding ASCII characters @emph{if} they have no bindings of their own. As a result, neither users nor Lisp @@ -1961,13 +1961,14 @@ input processing; the keys that are looked up in keymaps contain the characters that result from keyboard translation. - Under X, the keyboard key named @key{DELETE} is a function key and is -distinct from the ASCII character named @key{DEL}. @xref{Named ASCII -Chars}. Keyboard translations affect only ASCII character input, not -function keys; thus, the above example used under X does not affect the -@key{DELETE} key. However, the translation above isn't necessary under -X, because Emacs can also distinguish between the @key{BACKSPACE} key -and @kbd{C-h}; and it normally treats @key{BACKSPACE} as @key{DEL}. + On a window system, the keyboard key named @key{DELETE} is a function +key and is distinct from the ASCII character named @key{DEL}. +@xref{Named ASCII Chars}. Keyboard translations affect only ASCII +character input, not function keys; thus, the above example used on a +window system does not affect the @key{DELETE} key. However, the +translation above isn't necessary on window systems, because Emacs can +also distinguish between the @key{BACKSPACE} key and @kbd{C-h}; and it +normally treats @key{BACKSPACE} as @key{DEL}. For full information about how to use keyboard translations, see @ref{Translating Input,,,elisp, The Emacs Lisp Reference Manual}.