Very Computer

Most of my keys work just fine w/ Netscape, except that I can't
get any of my backspace or delete keys to work.  Anyone know how to
set up the bindings so that it will work?

thanks-
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I believe the problem isn't with Netscape, but with the default
XFree86 bindings under Linux.  Someone seems to have set it up so that
when you hit the "backspace" key, a "delete" keysym is sent, instead
of the more reasonable "backspace".

This was probably done for the sake of Emacs, which distinguishes
between delete (which it uses as a backspace) and ^H (which it uses as
a "help" key).  While this makes some sense when running outside of X,
it doesn't make sense within X -- the "backspace" keysym is totally
distinct from the ^H, and Emacs handles "backspace" correctly (if it's
running with its own X window).

If that's what your problem is, the correct solution is to fix it so
the backspace key sends a backspace instead of a delete.  I did this
on my system a long long time ago, but I now forget how.

Someone please correct me if I'm totally misinformed about the current
XFree86 key bindings under Linux.  It could be this isn't an issue anymore.

Another possibility is that you don't have the OSF XKeysymDB entries.
When you grab the Netscape distribution, there's an XKeysymDB file
sitting there in the tar file.  Its contents must be added to
/usr/lib/X11/XKeysymDB if they're not already there (this file may be
in other locations on other systems).

When everything is set up correctly, hitting the "backspace" key will
delete the character to the left of the cursor, and hitting the
"delete" key will delete the character to the right of the cursor, in
Netscape and in just about any Motif application.
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