[ESS] ... when editing R documents, 'delete' key behaves as 'backspace'
Martin Maechler
maechler at stat.math.ethz.ch
Thu Dec 4 18:21:14 CET 2008
Hi Seb,
I've now got a bit more time to read carefully (and even think
corrpspondingly .. I hope ...),
>>>>> "SebL" == Sebastian P Luque <spluque at gmail.com>
>>>>> on Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:26:32 -0600 writes:
SebL> On Mon, 8 Sep 2008 09:43:54 +0200,
SebL> Martin Maechler <maechler at stat.math.ethz.ch> wrote:
>>>>>>> "AP" == Alun Pope <AlunPope at rismark.com.au> on Mon, 8 Sep 2008
>>>>>>> 17:25:09 +1000 writes:
AP> Could you please clarify which behaviour you are suggesting to drop?
AP> That is, which is "this behaviour"?
>> the one mentioned in the 'Subject' and below.
>> The proposal is to make <Delete> in ess-mode behave as it does
>> otherwise in emacs. NOTA BENE: <Delete> != <Backspace>
SebL> With the latest 5.3.10 version, I see inconsistent behaviour of the
SebL> <delete> key. In ESS mode, this key calls
SebL> `backward-delete-char-untabify', but in inferior ESS mode it calls
SebL> `delete-char' (i.e. forward deletion). It used to do the latter in both
SebL> cases in my system (GNU Emacs 23.0.60.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+
SebL> Version 2.12.11) of 2008-11-29 on elegiac, modified by Debian). I can't
SebL> see the relevant change in the docs. What has happened on this front?
We've only changed it in one place?
Just to make sure:
Do you also agree that <delete-char> is the thing to use in
both modes ?
Martin
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