Rommel Rico: Random ramblings

How to: Make the Backspace key work in Emacs

Help! Whenever I type the “backspace” key on my terminal in Windows, it brings up the emacs help page! Oh, noes! WHAT DO I DO? Panic! Halp! HALP! I TOO SCARED

Have no fear, citizen! Simply go into emacs and, assuming you have version 21 or higher, type:

M-x normal-erase-is-backspace-mode

BAM. Problem solved. Keep on hacking.

If that doesn’t work, or if you want more detail, go here. BAM. Now you’re problem is solved.

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