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Re: alternative to delete key
From: |
Dieter Wilhelm |
Subject: |
Re: alternative to delete key |
Date: |
Sat, 06 Oct 2007 18:56:05 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/23.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Nikola Skoric <nick-news@net4u.hr> writes:
> Dana Sat, 06 Oct 2007 15:14:06 +0200,
> Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de> kaze:
>> Nikola Skoric <nick-news@net4u.hr> writes:
>>
>>> Is there another binding for deleting a character on wich the cursor
>>> is other than delete key? I hate it when I have to move my hand to
>>> readh the delete key. Any alternatives?
>>
>> Try C-d. You also may want to re-read the tutorial and the first
>> sections of the Emacs manual for these basic things. ;-)
>
> Sorry for wasting your time :-\ Command summary I was looking at says
> C-d invokes delete-char, and DEL invokes delete-backward-char. So I
> figured those two don't do the same thing. Anyway, I wasn't *that* lazy,
> I really did consult google before asking... next time I'll try out the
> obvious before concluding they don't do the same thing :-D
delete -> C-d (delete-char)
backspace -> DEL (delete-backward-char)
Google is good and fine but please try C-h t and C-h i, they are not
so bad options after all, i. e. they are an example of very, very fine
documentation 8-). Besides, EmacsWiki comes to mind as well.
--
Best wishes
H. Dieter Wilhelm
Darmstadt, Germany