From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Edward Knyshov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Why does Emacs lack `backward-delete-word`? Date: Sun, 06 Mar 2016 13:12:01 +0000 Message-ID: References: <20160306123002.GA20763@tuxteam.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1457269946 28464 80.91.229.3 (6 Mar 2016 13:12:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2016 13:12:26 +0000 (UTC) To: tomas@tuxteam.de, help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Mar 06 14:12:25 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1acYTx-0005iu-90 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 06 Mar 2016 14:12:25 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:50449 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1acYTw-0000Y2-Ey for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 06 Mar 2016 08:12:24 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:38963) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1acYTl-0000Xq-OV for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 06 Mar 2016 08:12:14 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1acYTk-0004zI-Mk for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 06 Mar 2016 08:12:13 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-lb0-x231.google.com ([2a00:1450:4010:c04::231]:35500) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1acYTk-0004yO-EV for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 06 Mar 2016 08:12:12 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-lb0-x231.google.com with SMTP id bc4so104488409lbc.2 for ; Sun, 06 Mar 2016 05:12:11 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=kdMGi7qTeQL5Z5fzUkD4XX1ZD9JyyZQ3RjnBNrGza78=; b=Te02MQEDrswG8hGeO1tJIbfjHmJedDA74w3sO/gB/o00o64plq2Q1TifrMIqR+D+l8 3CbHIWe51EAZN5rRhrDSr8hubKJg51birT9lFedw8wY57q/l7heqWFp0HVrRwA+pPgSm lDX8fOZxsV8NO0qHpYi00oUtl6y9iDGo6lzaEp8YDM/eFwsW0y4r2fz2Hu/hh0sJJfGp n44t3YZJlu+ln0XxDA4tjgSKDA8SCzd6p4dqrDsUYXYrFsukzvHXWuVFYSHVDBw3r37d hBndnHaN4onLOoskp10x4QC8BiYhw9908vP0xaoT/3Te9p/NdVv3RGCpGnmDq637Vb3c atRQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to; bh=kdMGi7qTeQL5Z5fzUkD4XX1ZD9JyyZQ3RjnBNrGza78=; b=m3sScOrJQyeLgT0RyU5OwR19sC0D4t5OqOk1mbvb+vJSkMnJgeMsrKFxgySdlylJ/Q IRvjttQRqyMxMgUwEb/H2IFqMSAaDauZ+YRKvpQvZERUOnspiwtdTkwgVRHgxct/p8Bf 8F9uzb+/Zrqs+iJNfjf/s0j9mTnsiV2v2t7Ldxo81ELKLYn2XbyhBZ+AI2AGrihIajqi 3g/Am1ao3qO3RffxvmBF18f5clmLy2xa17WCYidUMVm07aasJLCkByKa6oNtwIyPjTWt ebdaudlxKZYAAIQdcggQbKpK66oab3Zib0go6mKO5aHltGsvtQv6bypxIvFsM0SSY9w+ vu6A== X-Gm-Message-State: AD7BkJL0nhIZIOC1hVr/jIwVOM76bhlvvRWxH4VFexxzsRyJ8ZXBmRlrVtujF5bTU5JA5yeMT8G6F7hO8X6r0A== X-Received: by 10.25.90.21 with SMTP id o21mr4603107lfb.166.1457269931014; Sun, 06 Mar 2016 05:12:11 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20160306123002.GA20763@tuxteam.de> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2a00:1450:4010:c04::231 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:109465 Archived-At: M-d On Sun, Mar 6, 2016 at 8:05 PM wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Sun, Mar 06, 2016 at 12:37:24PM +0100, egarrulo wrote: > > On 06/03/16 12:27, Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen wrote: > > >egarrulo writes: > > > > > >>I know how to define `backward-delete-word`, but if such a basic > > >>command were deemed useful by power users, it would ship with Emacs b= y > > >>now. > > > > > >M-DEL (translated from ) runs the command > > >backward-kill-word (found in global-map), which is an interactive > > >compiled Lisp function in =E2=80=98simple.el=E2=80=99. > > > > > >It is bound to , M-DEL. > > > > > >(backward-kill-word ARG) > > > > > > > I should have been clearer, sorry. `backward-kill-word` kills. I > > wonder why there is no corresponding command to delete instead. > > Is there any `forward-delete-word'? > > - -- t > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) > > iEYEARECAAYFAlbcIsoACgkQBcgs9XrR2kaTfwCeNApBJJTZhBfJjkjpkhBAYQ1f > V3cAniF+AwYjAFjCgcWxpQKeP2p7KzqF > =3Dm5bF > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >