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Re: What're the proper names for the backspace and delete keys in files.
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Thien-Thi Nguyen |
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Re: What're the proper names for the backspace and delete keys in files.texi? |
Date: |
16 Jan 2006 13:48:49 -0500 |
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Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.4 |
Alan Mackenzie <address@hidden> writes:
> For the third time of asking, would somebody (Richard?) please state
> definitively what the canonical names, to be used in files.texi, are
> for the "backspace" key (typically the large rectangular key above CR
> that deletes a single character backwards) and the "delete" key
> (typically the bottom leftmost key of a block of 6 keys directly to
> the right of CR, that deletes a single character forwards).
the actual form of the ink pressed onto the plastic is something that
has no hope of attaining universal standardization. this means that if
you have to say "typically", then documentation purporting to use a
"canonical name" will be incorrect for some (many) situations. it's
more slackful for everyone involved to not sing a false canon to the
un{willing,hearing} in the first place.
(btw, data point: my keyboard does not conform to the above layout.)
thi
- Re: What're the proper names for the backspace and delete keys in files.texi?, (continued)
- Re: What're the proper names for the backspace and delete keys in files.texi?, Alan Mackenzie, 2006/01/12
- Re: What're the proper names for the backspace and delete keys in files.texi?, Eli Zaretskii, 2006/01/13
- Re: What're the proper names for the backspace and delete keys in files.texi?, Neil Jerram, 2006/01/13
- Re: What're the proper names for the backspace and delete keys in files.texi?, Lennart Borgman, 2006/01/13
- Re: What're the proper names for the backspace and delete keys in files.texi?, Neil Jerram, 2006/01/13
- Re: What're the proper names for the backspace and delete keys in files.texi?, Aidan Kehoe, 2006/01/13
- Re: What're the proper names for the backspace and delete keys in files.texi?, Eli Zaretskii, 2006/01/13
- RE: What're the proper names for the backspace and delete keys in files.texi?, Drew Adams, 2006/01/13
Re: What're the proper names for the backspace and delete keys in files.texi?, Richard M. Stallman, 2006/01/19
Re: What're the proper names for the backspace and delete keys in files.texi?, Alan Mackenzie, 2006/01/16