GNU bug report logs - #49593
Emacs overrides normal-erase-is-backspace

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Paul W. Rankin" <pwr <at> bydasein.com>

Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2021 07:26:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: moreinfo, patch

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: "Paul W. Rankin" <pwr <at> bydasein.com>
To: 49593 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#49593: Emacs overrides normal-erase-is-backspace
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2021 16:57:49 +1000
Overview:

Emacs overrides user's customization of normal-erase-is-backspace with 
no clear way to set it.

Steps to reproduce:

1. insert into start.el:

    (custom-set-variables '(normal-erase-is-backspace t))

2. emacs -Q -l start.el

3. M-x customize-option RET normal-erase-is-backspace

Expected behaviour:

normal-erase-is-backspace is t.

Actual behaviour:

normal-erase-is-backspace is maybe; marked as "CHANGED outside of 
Customize"




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