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copied!<p>On some systems, the <code>delete</code> key is defined as an alias to <code>C-d</code>. This is done through <code>function-key-map</code> on GNU Emacs <23 and <code>local-function-key-map</code> on GNU Emacs 23. (I've observed this behavior on Debian and Ubuntu 10.04 under X.) The purpose of such translations is to isolate people who code modes from the terminal intricacies: a mode that wants to shadow the delete command only needs to rebind <code>C-d</code> and not wonder if it should rebind <code>delete</code> (is that a delete left or delete right?) or <code>deletechar</code> or something else.</p> <p>If there is a global or local binding for <code>delete</code>, it shadows this translation to <code>C-d</code>. However, if you press <code>ESC delete</code>, if there is no global or local binding for <code>ESC delete</code>, the second key is translated to <code>C-d</code>. This translation has precedence over the interpretation of <code>ESC delete</code> as <code>M-delete</code>. So <code>ESC delete</code> becomes equivalent to <code>C-M-d</code>.</p> <p>This is arguably a bug in Emacs: the effect of <code>ESC delete</code> should be the same as <code>M-delete</code>, and there is no reason why <code>ESC delete</code> would run <code>down-list</code> which has nothing to do with deletion.</p> <p>There are several possible fixes; I don't know which is best. One that should work with any version of Emacs is</p> <pre><code>(global-set-key [?\e delete] 'backward-kill-word) </code></pre>

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