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Minor clarification of case where both BACKSPACE and DELETE are

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Richard M. Stallman 2001-04-15 14:28:45 +00:00
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@ -62,12 +62,12 @@ for that purpose. If the large key not far above the @key{RET} or
@key{ENTER} key doesn't delete backwards, you need to do this.
@xref{DEL Gets Help}, for an explanation of how.
Many keyboards have both a @key{BACKSPACE} key a short ways above
@key{RET} or @key{ENTER}, and a @key{DELETE} key elsewhere. In that
case, the @key{BACKSPACE} key is @key{DEL}, and the @key{DELETE} key
does something else---it deletes ``forwards,'' deleting the character
after point, the one underneath the cursor, like @kbd{C-d} (see
below).
Most PC keyboards have both a @key{BACKSPACE} key a short ways above
@key{RET} or @key{ENTER}, and a @key{DELETE} key elsewhere. On these
keyboards, Emacs supports when possible the usual convention that the
@key{BACKSPACE} key deletes backwards (it is @key{DEL}), while the
@key{DELETE} key deletes ``forwards,'' deleting the character after
point, the one underneath the cursor, like @kbd{C-d} (see below).
@kindex RET
@cindex newline