Xemacs [question about forward delete key]

[Jerry James]

On Nov 16, 2007 2:46 AM, Ben Wing <ben at 666.com> wrote:

> Hi victor ...  thanks for the thumbs up!
>
> As for your issue, it depends on which version of XEmacs ...  there's a
> FAQ about it  ...  i've forwarded it to the list where somebody should
> be able to help better.
>
> ben
>
> victor kamat wrote:
> > Ben -
> >
> > I love Xemacs; much better than emacs.
> >
> > I have one queston for you regarding the 'Delete' key.  It deletes
> > backwards.  How do I make it delete forward.
> > I know I have to monkey with the init.el file under .xemacs dir.  But
> > nothing seems to work.
> >
> > I working on Linux ( Red Hat).
> >
> > Many thanks
> >
> > Victor Kamat
>

Victor,

Either put this:

(setq delete-key-deletes-forward t)

into ~/.xemacs/init.el or, if you prefer, you can also type M-x
customize-variable delete-key-deletes-forward which will present you with
some buttons you can use to turn it on.

Regards,
-- 
Jerry James
http://loganjerry.googlepages.com/
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