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Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE writes:

> On Emacs, <backspace> and <delete> (by default) generate the DEL
> ascii character in much the same way as <tab> generates the TAB
> ascii character.

Neither of this is true in XEmacs.

> In Emacs, it is possible to rebind <tab> to forward-char, say, but
> C-i still retains the old meaning.

In XEmacs it is also possible to rebind both, but it doesn't mean that 
tab "generates" C-i.

> I think I'm going to install XEmacs at home to see what it is like
> in this respect.

Please do.