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Backspace in X and Netscape question

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ray Curtis)
Sun Nov 3 18:13:21 1996

Date: Sun, 3 Nov 1996 18:09:32 -0500
From: ray@fred.net (Ray Curtis)
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Add a file .xmodmap to your home directory with the lines:

keycode 22 = BackSpace
keycode 107 = Delete


Prasanth Kumar writes:
 > I just got Redhat 4.0 setup yesterday and
 > I can say it is quite good...I used to be
 > a diehard slackware user in the past...and
 > the rpm utilites make bug fix upgrades a
 > snap.
 > 
 > A couple of problems have cropped up I have
 > yet to resolve...
 > 
 > The backspace doesn't work in netscape and
 > other applications in X. I used to have a
 > similar problem in slackware but don't know
 > what I did to fix it.
 > 
 > Secondly, netscape seems to give bus errors
 > intermittently. It never was a problem in
 > the past in kernel 1.2.13. 
 > 
 > Also in netscape, how do I specify the size
 > of the mail and news windows. They always
 > pop up larger than the size of the screen.
 > I used to have this problem in slackware too
 > and I think it was only with fvwm95-2.
 > 
 > Also i am curious if anyone has did a rpm
 > version of netscape for download. I know
 > it is easy to install but I want to use
 > as many rpms as possible.
 > 
 > Thanks
 > Prasanth
 > kumar1@home.com
 > 

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