GNU bug report logs - #2057
23.0.60; delete key and deletechar

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Message #53 received at submit <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Robert Brown <brown <at> google.com>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 2057 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.emacs-pretest-bug <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#2057: 23.0.60; delete key and deletechar
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:54:36 -0400

Stefan Monnier writes:
 > > My termcap entry, xterm-color, contains "kD=\177", which means that the
 > > delete *function* key generates code 177.
 > 
 > Why does the termcap data have such an entry for kD?  That looks like a bug.
 > Does it also have a similar entry for the backspace key?

It's definitely a bug in the termcap entry.  The odd thing is what happened
afterward.  Emacs created an input mapping that converts 177 into
deletechar, messing up the action of the normal delete/backspace key.

There's an assumption that function keys never generate a single character
that's the same as some normal key.  Or alternatively, function keys take
precedence over normal keys if there's any overlap in generated codes.

bob

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