From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: arvindk@xebeo.com (Arvind Kumar) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Question on minibuffer editing Date: 22 May 2003 21:46:30 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com/ Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <4caa7863.0305222046.2321f398@posting.google.com> References: <4caa7863.0305220244.6951f005@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1053665492 26499 80.91.224.249 (23 May 2003 04:51:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 23 May 2003 04:51:32 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri May 23 06:51:29 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 19J4WA-0006ro-00 for ; Fri, 23 May 2003 06:50:58 +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 19J4Vb-0003vb-L9 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 23 May 2003 00:50:23 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 30 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 203.200.54.68 Original-X-Trace: posting.google.com 1053665190 26787 127.0.0.1 (23 May 2003 04:46:30 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: 23 May 2003 04:46:30 GMT Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:113583 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:10079 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:10079 Thank you all for your comments!!! M-b M-d moves the cursor first and then deletes the word. backward-kill-word is what i was looking for.. I had tried finding out the lisp equivalent without success!! Thanks again!! Arvind Kumar Barry Margolin wrote in message news:... > In article <4caa7863.0305220244.6951f005@posting.google.com>, > Arvind Kumar wrote: > >Hi Guys, > > Say, for example, I am opening a file in emacs using C-x f. I am in > > C-x f sets the fill column, I think you mean C-x C-f. > > >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!!! > > The minibuffer usually has the same basic editing commands as a fundamental > mode buffer. The only significant difference is that it adds a few keys > for moving back and forth through the history (M-p and M-n) and does > completion. > > C-Backspace and M-Backspace should delete the previous word unless you've > done something in your .emacs to override it.