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From: Kyle Jones <kyle_jones@wonderworks.com>
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Subject: Re: Brain lossage
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Steven L Baur writes:
 > Gary D Foster <Gary.Foster@Corp.Sun.COM> writes:
 > 
 > > Was there some decision wrt DEL/BS mapping on here that I missed
 > > [2]???
 > 
 > No.
 > 
 > > [2]  or deleted because I didn't _personally_ give a fig and now I'm
 > >      being punished for my sins? *sigh*
 > 
 > Delbackspace trashes my environment so badly I refuse to touch
 > it.  When I want that kind of pain, I watch over someone's
 > shoulder while they're thrashing at microsoft windows. :-) If
 > delbackspace is to continue working (or get fixed), someone
 > who cares should maintain it.

Not only is it twisted, it looks old.  There's a comment near the
top that says something should go away when function-key-map is
implemented.  function-key-map has been implemented.

To put it in the words of Valentine Michael Smith: I grok wrongness.

I'm sure I don't know all the issues involved in what this thing 
is supposed to be fixing.  Most of what I've read has been
screaming on the net, which has made me want to delete the file
rather than fix it.

Could someone please explain in general and gentle language
what this is all about?  Hopefully when I finish reading your
explanation I will understand why delbackspace.el looks like it
does.

