From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Luc Teirlinck Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: S-backspace Date: Tue, 27 May 2003 11:26:09 -0500 (CDT) Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <200305271626.h4RGQ9F16445@eel.dms.auburn.edu> References: <20030527141845.GA13165@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1054053356 19171 80.91.224.249 (27 May 2003 16:35:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 27 May 2003 16:35:56 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Tue May 27 18:35:54 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19KhNr-0004ju-00 for ; Tue, 27 May 2003 18:33:07 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 19Khbd-0002rO-00 for ; Tue, 27 May 2003 18:47:21 +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 19KhNU-00057I-9t for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Tue, 27 May 2003 12:32:44 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.20) id 19KhIa-00032G-LE for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 27 May 2003 12:27:40 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.20) id 19KhIC-0002ok-CU for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 27 May 2003 12:27:19 -0400 Original-Received: from manatee.dms.auburn.edu ([131.204.53.104]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19KhH9-0002hg-7O; Tue, 27 May 2003 12:26:11 -0400 Original-Received: from eel.dms.auburn.edu (eel.dms.auburn.edu [131.204.53.108]) h4RGQ5oc023929; Tue, 27 May 2003 11:26:05 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: (from teirllm@localhost) by eel.dms.auburn.edu (8.11.6+Sun/8.11.6) id h4RGQ9F16445; Tue, 27 May 2003 11:26:09 -0500 (CDT) X-Authentication-Warning: eel.dms.auburn.edu: teirllm set sender to teirllm@dms.auburn.edu using -f Original-To: miles@gnu.org In-reply-to: <20030527141845.GA13165@gnu.org> (message from Miles Bader on Tue, 27 May 2003 10:18:45 -0400) Original-cc: rv@gnu.org Original-cc: rms@gnu.org Original-cc: alex@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:14334 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:14334 Miles Bader wrote: That's Ctl-Alt-backspace -- but hmmm, may be a bit too close for comfort... You are the second person complaining about that. What about ? Is Shift far enough from M- and Alt- on most keyboards? C-S-k or, in a certain sense, C-K looks natural but might set a bad precedent. Of course, none of these bindings will work under emacs -nw or the like. Remembers me of this "fun" binding: Caution! Danger! Do not necessarily try! `C-M-' Kill balanced expression backward (`backward-kill-sexp'). It is also bound to C-M-backspace. Even more dangerous. At least C-M- usually warns (might depend on the operating system). C-M-backspace gives no warning. One can disable it, but that can pose other problems. (On many keyboards one uses Alt for Meta.) Sincerely, Luc.