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From: | Richard Stallman |
Subject: | Re: What is the purpose of "To bind the key M-DEL, use "\M\d", not M-DEL" |
Date: | Fri, 05 Jan 2007 14:09:00 -0500 |
M-backspace is the raw key that Emacs gets from a window system. It stands for the `backspace' key with Meta held down. M-DEL is the canonical key for DEL with Meta held down. Therefore, M-backspace translates into M-DEL. But there are other ways for M-DEL to be generated. Any Lisp program that wants to be general should not do anything with M-backspace. Maybe pc-mode.el does not want to be general. But let's not worry about it. For present purposes, M-backspace is part of a low-level mechanism that you should not look inside. Just forget it exists.
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