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Re: DEL vs Backspace


From: Dmitry Gutov
Subject: Re: DEL vs Backspace
Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2021 14:48:23 +0300
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On 26.04.2021 14:45, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
But perhaps there would still exist reasons why someone would want to
specifically bind "DEL"?
Certainly: if <Backspace> doesn't exist or isn't supported by the
keyboard.

When function-key-map maps DEL to <backspace>, the user can refer to <backspace> in their key mappings, even if that key is absent on the keyboard.



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