Re: ESC DEL generates ESC C-d

[Daniel Ortmann]

"Eli Zaretskii" <eliz@is.elta.co.il> writes:

> > From: Daniel Ortmann <ortmann@sparc.isl.net>
> > Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2001 05:17:31 -0600 (CST)

>> On a FreeBSD-stable system under X, ESC DEL now generates ESC C-d

> That's the expected and correct behavior: Emacs by default remaps DEL
> into C-d.  If you type "C-h l" (that's a letter ell, not a digit one),
> you will see that Emacs did receive DEL.

> For more details, se the node "Deletion" in the Emacs manual.

This same version of emacs generates ESC DEL on the Solaris system at
work.  If ESC DEL is always mapped to ESC C-d then why does ESC DEL
invoke dired-unmark-all-files on Solaris?

Furthermore, note these two lines from C-h m performed in a dired-x
mode buffer:

ESC C-d         dired-tree-down
ESC DEL         dired-unmark-all-files

If ESC DEL is always mapped into ESC C-d then how could both of these
functions be invoked?

ESC DEL may indeed be remapped to ESC C-d in most locations, but it
appears incorrect for it to be done in a dired-x buffer.

What can I do to help investigate this?

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