Subject: Re: -key "introduction"
To: None <netbsd-users@netbsd.org>
From: Andy Ball <andy.ball@earthlink.net>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 03/31/2005 20:22:48
Hello Greg,

   GT> I think the default NetBSD behavior on PC keyboards is
     > to have the keys act as they are labeled, not as how
     > they ought to be labeled.  This arguably follows the
     > Principle of Least Astonishment.
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I like this so much I'm going to tape it to my display as a
reminder for when I'm programming! :-)

   GT> Delete as X11 calls it, is reasonable to use to delete
     > forward, but isn't an ASCII character.

Delete = \177 = ASCII? Perhaps I'm confused by "as X11 calls
it".

- Andy Ball