From: gg44060@mail.com
Subject: Re: backward-delete-word function (not backward-kill-word)
Date: 26 Feb 2004 07:31:10 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <f461b4c0.0402260731.be5fc80@posting.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mailman.450.1077701652.340.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
"Ehud Karni" wrote in message news:<mailman.450.1077701652.340.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>...
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> On 24 Feb 2004 21:19:44 -0800, gg44060(at)mail.com wrote:
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> > Is there a backward-delete-word funtion in emacs? It is very annoying
> > to have the words deleted during a find-file to show up on the kill
> > ring [snip ]
> >
> > I tried defining it as a keyboard macro using delete-region, but of
> > course it doesn't work in the mini-buffer.
>
> Just copy the `kill-word' and `backward-kill-word' functions (from
> simple.el) and replace the string "kill" by "delete" like this:
>
> (defun delete-word (arg)
> "Delete characters forward until encountering the end of a word.
> With argument, do this that many times."
> (interactive "p")
> (delete-region (point) (progn (forward-word arg) (point))))
>
> (defun backward-delete-word (arg)
> "Delete characters backward until encountering the end of a word.
> With argument, do this that many times."
> (interactive "p")
> (delete-word (- arg)))
>
> Assign (globally) keys to these functions and enjoy it.
Thanks! This is exactly what I was looking for and it works like a
charm! I hope to get the full sources installed for emacs once the
download site starts working again.
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Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-02-25 5:19 backward-delete-word function (not backward-kill-word) gg44060
2004-02-25 9:33 ` Ehud Karni
2004-02-25 9:38 ` Ehud Karni
2004-02-25 22:11 ` Johan Bockgård
2004-02-26 15:17 ` gg44060
[not found] ` <mailman.451.1077701989.340.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2004-02-26 15:27 ` gg44060
[not found] ` <mailman.450.1077701652.340.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2004-02-26 15:31 ` gg44060 [this message]
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