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Date: Wed,  1 Jul 2009 17:14:24 -0600
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Subject: Re: [9fans] Guide to using Acme effectively?
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On Wed, 2009-07-01 at 14:13 -0700, John Floren wrote:
> and Ctrl-H should do
> a backspace,

(global-set-key "\C-h" 'delete-backward-char)
(global-set-key "\M-?" 'help-command)

Emacs may be an atomic hammer, but it's sure as hell a customizable
atomic hammer.

I rarely use emacs these days, but occasionally it's the correct blunt
instrument for the task at hand, and that's solely because you can
completely transmogrify its functionality using elisp.

--lyndon