From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dieter Wilhelm Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Emacs keyboard command Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 08:00:20 +0200 Message-ID: <87mzawykgb.fsf@hans.local.net> References: <1153868272.150837.298300@b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1153905617 10408 80.91.229.2 (26 Jul 2006 09:20:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 09:20:17 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jul 26 11:20:16 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1G5fYp-0008AW-Hk for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 26 Jul 2006 11:20:11 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1G5fYn-0007lW-Ld for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 26 Jul 2006 05:20:09 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1G5fXx-00070e-Ih for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Jul 2006 05:19:17 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1G5fXv-0006yp-IZ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Jul 2006 05:19:16 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1G5fXu-0006y2-DG for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Jul 2006 05:19:14 -0400 Original-Received: from [212.227.126.177] (helo=moutng.kundenserver.de) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1G5fZO-0004Rh-Nk for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Jul 2006 05:20:47 -0400 Original-Received: from [84.167.0.163] (helo=duenenhof-wilhelm.de) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (node=mrelayeu6) with ESMTP (Nemesis), id 0ML29c-1G5fXp46b3-0003eG; Wed, 26 Jul 2006 11:19:10 +0200 Original-Received: by duenenhof-wilhelm.de (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 4C457480DB; Wed, 26 Jul 2006 08:00:20 +0200 (CEST) Original-To: "B. T. Raven" In-Reply-To: (B. T. Raven's message of "Tue, 25 Jul 2006 19:58:24 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-Provags-ID: kundenserver.de abuse@kundenserver.de login:d7ab225b98a136e1c2910381f940ecb9 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:36234 Archived-At: "B. T. Raven" writes: > "Steve Allan" wrote in message > news:upsft45gf.fsf@attachmate.com... >> "mailpitches@email.com" writes: >> >> >I'm looking for a specific keyboard command. >> > >> >When you hit C-X C-F to Find file, you are presented with a default >> >path such as ~/dir/blah. Is there a key command to travel backwards by >> >directory, so that I can press this key command and immediately get >> >~dir/ without having to hit delete four times? >> >> Try backward-kill-word, which is bound to M- in my version >> of Emacs. I think that'll do what you want. > > C- if Backspace is Del. Also hold Ctl down while typing a-k > will delete everything back to the read-only prompt. It's not necessary to kill the whole line just type immediately behind the presented path `~/dir' (without the accents) and Emacs disregards the first, wrong part and starts with `~/dir'. -- Best wishes H. Dieter Wilhelm Darmstadt, Germany