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On Wednesday, 23 April 2014 00:15:38 UTC+1, Sam Halliday  wrote:
> But when I try to create any form of binding for C-backspace in my .emacs I get an error that control must be followed by a single character.

I've solved this small part of the problem at least: "<C-backspace>", not "C-backspace" when defining the global key. I guess now I need a little lambda that checks to see the value of the previous character and acts accordingly.