From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David.Kastrup@t-online.de (David Kastrup) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: S-backspace Date: 31 May 2003 21:44:32 +0200 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <20030527141845.GA13165@gnu.org> <200305271626.h4RGQ9F16445@eel.dms.auburn.edu> <200305290025.h4T0PtkR013643@rum.cs.yale.edu> Reply-To: dak@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1054410258 3669 80.91.224.249 (31 May 2003 19:44:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 31 May 2003 19:44:18 +0000 (UTC) Cc: miles@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Sat May 31 21:44:12 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19MCGy-0000wZ-00 for ; Sat, 31 May 2003 21:44:12 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 19MCWk-00072h-00 for ; Sat, 31 May 2003 22:00:30 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19MCHs-0001qb-UV for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Sat, 31 May 2003 15:45:08 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.20) id 19MCHW-0001iU-DO for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 31 May 2003 15:44:46 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.20) id 19MCHU-0001ey-Tu for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 31 May 2003 15:44:45 -0400 Original-Received: from mailout06.sul.t-online.com ([194.25.134.19]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19MCHT-0001YK-EX; Sat, 31 May 2003 15:44:43 -0400 Original-Received: from fwd04.sul.t-online.de by mailout06.sul.t-online.com with smtp id 19MCHQ-0007mR-02; Sat, 31 May 2003 21:44:40 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost.localdomain (520018396234-0001@[217.80.160.65]) by fwd04.sul.t-online.com with esmtp id 19MCHK-0Mqz1EC; Sat, 31 May 2003 21:44:34 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.localdomain (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h4VJiYnY003477; Sat, 31 May 2003 21:44:35 +0200 Original-Received: (from dak@localhost) by localhost.localdomain (8.12.8/8.12.8/Submit) id h4VJiWjk003473; Sat, 31 May 2003 21:44:32 +0200 Original-To: "Stefan Monnier" In-Reply-To: <200305290025.h4T0PtkR013643@rum.cs.yale.edu> Original-Lines: 18 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 X-Sender: 520018396234-0001@t-dialin.net Original-cc: rv@gnu.org Original-cc: Richard Stallman Original-cc: Luc Teirlinck Original-cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-cc: alex@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:14520 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:14520 "Stefan Monnier" writes: > > Caution! Danger! Do not necessarily try! > > > > `C-M-' > > Kill balanced expression backward (`backward-kill-sexp'). > > > > Perhaps we should delete that binding. The hard thing is that it > > works fine when you are not in X. > > Actually C-M- is not dangerous. > C-M-backspace is the one that tends to kill the Xserver. And C-M-DEL is the one that reboots the machine if you are on a text console. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum