Re: Problems with 'd' and 'delete' key

[Pascal Bourguignon]

saneman <ddd@sdf.com> writes:

> I have redefined C-d to comment/uncomment. But when I press delete it
> also inserts a comment (% i latex mode). Is it possible to assign
> something to the key 'd' without change 'delete'?
>
> I have this in my .emacs file:
>
>
> (global-set-key "\C-d" 'comment-dwim)
> (define-key function-key-map [delete] [deletechar])
> But delete still inserts a comment instead of deleting a character.

That's strange.   The doc of define-key doesn't mention vectors for
the def argument.  

I would just write:

    (global-set-key (kbd "C-d") 'comment-dwim)

This shouldn't change the binding of the delete key.
Note that (string= "\C-d" "C-d").


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