Delete key on Macbook Pro Ubuntu + Emacs + Icicles

Question

I'm a long time casual emacs user that just switched to it as my main editor for coding. I gave up on Aquamacs and other OS X ports each for different reasons and I've settled on running Ubuntu in VBox and everything is nearly perfect.

The last thing that I can't seem to figure out is semi-Icicles specific but I'm hoping someone can help anyway.

In the Icicles docs there are several places where they say to use the key. Problem is when I press the delete key on the upper right on my Macbook Pro it doesn't have the desired effect.

What's the trick here? It's something I will rarely do but I'm having a hard time getting over it.

Thanks in advance for your help.

-Mike

Answer 1

Fn+Delete should work.

On a Mac delete works like "backspace" on a PC. Fn+Delete works like forward delete.

Answer 2

Don't bother installing the ports. original emacs from cvs works perfectly. Keybinding and other stuff are same as linux version.

cvs -z3 -d:pserver:[email protected]:/sources/emacs co emacs

./configure --with-ns
make -j2
make install

will build emacs as a stand alone application.

Answer 3

I got it working with this in my .emacs:

(define-key global-map (kbd "") 'delete-forward-char) ;;(define-key global-map [\d] 'delete-forward-char)

Hope that helps.

Answer 4

the following in ~/.emacs file makes del delete the forward char:

(custom-set-variables '(normal-erase-is-backspace t) )

Or, through GUI:

Emacs -> Preferences -> Editing Basics -> Normal Erase Is Backspace

Change the setting to "On"