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From: hmm@heeg.de (Hans-Martin Mosner)
Subject: Re: fixing the Delete key in VisualWorks?
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Date: Wed, 4 Sep 1996 15:48:16 GMT
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Alex Morgan (alex@tmfi.com) wrote:
: In VisualWorks, the Delete key has the same meaning as the 
: Backspace key- deletes the character to the left of the 
: cursor. This makes sense to Mac users, but my Windows users 
: are confused by this- for them, the Delete key should go the 
: other way. 

: Does anyone have/know of a patch for this? Thanks!

If all patches were that simple...

LookPreferences deleteForward: true

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