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@ -33,8 +33,7 @@ the VT100 simulation) makes a valiant effort to keep it in sync with your own ke
One more comment about BACKSPACE and DELETE: in the post-PDP-11, post-VT100 world of the IBM PC, BACKSPACE has come One more comment about BACKSPACE and DELETE: in the post-PDP-11, post-VT100 world of the IBM PC, BACKSPACE has come
to mean "delete the character to the *left* of the cursor," and DELETE now means "delete the character *under* the cursor." to mean "delete the character to the *left* of the cursor," and DELETE now means "delete the character *under* the cursor."
Those are NOT what those keys meant to the average VT100 user. BACKSPACE was originally a *non-destructive* leftward
Those are NOT what those keys meant to a typical VT100 user. BACKSPACE was originally a *non-destructive* leftward
movement of the cursor, whereas DELETE was a *destructive* leftward movement. So DELETE on a VT100 is what an IBM PC movement of the cursor, whereas DELETE was a *destructive* leftward movement. So DELETE on a VT100 is what an IBM PC
user would think of as BACKSPACE. To make matters worse, some modern keyboards now label the traditional BACKSPACE key user would think of as BACKSPACE. To make matters worse, some modern keyboards now label the traditional BACKSPACE key
as DELETE. as DELETE.