From: Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Question on minibuffer editing
Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 08:52:17 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3ECCE421.9080305@yahoo.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 4caa7863.0305220244.6951f005@posting.google.com
Arvind Kumar wrote:
> Say, for example, I am opening a file in emacs using C-x f.
I assume you mean `C-x C-f'.
> I am in
> one directory with long hierarchy. I want to go down the hierarchy to
> some other path. Keep pressing the backspace button is cumbursome. How
> do I set the key so that c-backspace or Alt-backspace deletes the word
> in the minibuffer??? I am sure I was it's possible because i had this
> setting in my last company. But I can't remember exactly what this
> setup was!!!
`M-<delete>' and `M-<backspace>' work for me without any customization. (On
my keyboard, the Alt key is the meta modifier.)
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<a href="mailto:<kevin.rodgers@ihs.com>">Kevin Rodgers</a>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-05-22 14:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-05-22 10:44 Question on minibuffer editing Arvind Kumar
2003-05-22 14:29 ` Burton Samograd
2003-05-22 14:33 ` Javier Oviedo
2003-05-22 14:52 ` Kevin Rodgers [this message]
2003-05-22 18:16 ` Barry Margolin
2003-05-23 4:46 ` Arvind Kumar
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