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From: "Harald Jörg" <haj@posteo.de>
To: Christopher Dimech <dimech@gmx.com>,
	Help Gnu Emacs <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Deleting a word using keybinding
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2020 13:20:17 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1f7ecd80-f927-20c6-b711-d383abe81ca2@posteo.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <trinity-6be12b99-d69d-48e1-8f07-f83ad08ebe2c-1602757619640@3c-app-mailcom-bs02>

On 10/15/20 12:26 PM, Christopher Dimech wrote:
 >
 > I am trying to delete a word using keybinding string "C-<tab>" but the
 > Chord is still showing as undefined.
 >
 > I would like to delete a word even if I happen to be in the middle of
 > it., so I move backward.
 >
 >     Here is the function
 >
 >     ( global-set-key (kbd "C-<tab>" )
 >         ( lambda () (interactive)
 >             ( (backward-word)
 >               (kill-word 1)
 >             )
 >         )
 >     )

If I get rid of one pair of parens, it works for me.

( global-set-key (kbd "C-<tab>" )
        ( lambda () (interactive)
            (backward-word)
            (kill-word 1)
        )
    )

With the extra parens in your code, I get 'Invalid function:
(backward-word)'.  Maybe this is why you don't see any effect?

Also note that if your point happens to be on the first character of a
word, this function deletes the _previous_ word.
-- 
Cheers,
haj



  parent reply	other threads:[~2020-10-15 11:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-10-15 10:26 Deleting a word using keybinding Christopher Dimech
2020-10-15 11:10 ` Jeremie Juste
2020-10-15 11:20 ` Harald Jörg [this message]
2020-10-15 16:44   ` Christopher Dimech
2020-10-15 18:44   ` Christopher Dimech
2020-10-15 20:25     ` Harald Jörg
2020-10-15 20:59       ` Christopher Dimech
2020-10-15 21:06         ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2020-10-15 21:14           ` Christopher Dimech
2020-10-15 21:22             ` Christopher Dimech
2020-10-15 21:27               ` Drew Adams
2020-10-15 21:48                 ` Christopher Dimech
2020-10-15 21:24             ` Stephen Berman
2020-10-15 11:34 ` Stephen Berman
2020-10-15 13:48 ` Stefan Monnier

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