From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Javier Oviedo" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Question on minibuffer editing Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 10:33:33 -0400 Organization: Texas Instruments Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <4caa7863.0305220244.6951f005@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1053615451 15627 80.91.224.249 (22 May 2003 14:57:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 14:57:31 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu May 22 16:57:29 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19IrUs-0003zn-00 for ; Thu, 22 May 2003 16:56:46 +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 19IrKG-0002cu-Hx for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 22 May 2003 10:45:48 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!nntp1.hal-pc.org!attdl1!attdl2!ip.att.net!news.ti.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 25 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: gt64v7121.telogy.design.ti.com Original-X-Trace: home.itg.ti.com 1053613870 24760 158.218.105.183 (22 May 2003 14:31:10 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@news.ti.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: 22 May 2003 14:31:10 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:113536 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:10033 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:10033 I think that this will do the trick...it is what I use. This will also work outside of the minibuffer, but I guess you could make it local-set-key for the minibuffer only? (global-set-key [C-backspace] 'backward-kill-word) -- ======= Javier "Arvind Kumar" wrote in message news:4caa7863.0305220244.6951f005@posting.google.com... > Hi Guys, > Say, for example, I am opening a file in emacs using C-x 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!!! > > Any help will be appreciated!! > Arvind Kumar