having trouble when back spacing

[Sean McMahon]

If backspace is only a problem in emacs try unseting display and resetting
terminal to something like vt100 or ansi.  I notice the same strangeness in
emacs of course you can always use the del key for backspace.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Holmes" <steve at holmesgrown.com>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 8:29 PM
Subject: Re: having trouble when back spacing


> Yes, I notice the same problem particularly while in emacs.  The arrow
> keys work fantastically but I think emacs messes around with the
> cursor or something so speakup gets confused.  At least that is my
> opinion - not fact by any means.
>
> As for caps lock not working, try sholding down the shift key when
> pressing caps lock.  The caps lock without any enhancements acts as a
> speakup key like the insert key does on the numpad.  This is done to
> help accomodate laptop users and I must say that with my limitted
> laptop experience, this feature is great.
>
> On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 02:23:11PM -0700, Scott Berry wrote:
> > Hi there list,
> >
> > I am having problems when I use the backspace key it does not want to
read
> > the letter or letters that it is backspacing over.  I am using Speakup
> > 2.00cvs.  Is there anything I can do about this.  Also my caps lock is
not
> > working either.
> >
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