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Gary D. Foster wrote:

> As for the name of the variable, I personally think
> 'delete-erases-forward' is much more descriptive than
> 'delete-is-backspace'.  Using the second one implies that pressing the
> delete key is the same as pressing the backspace key, which is *not*
> true at all.  Using the first one clearly states which direction and
> which behavior you expect when you press the key with the 'delete'
> printed on it.  Since there is some confusion that arises due to
> delete _keysyms_ and such versus the actual _key_ labeled delete, it
> could probably be changed to something like
> "delete-key-erases-forward" but I'm not convinced completely that it's
> necessary.

This seems to imply that you can tell which key has been pressed.

If you're going to change the name, it would be more accurate to
change it to `delete-keysym-erases-forward'.

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Glynn Clements <glynn@sensei.co.uk>

