From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "B. T. Raven" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Emacs keyboard command Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 18:42:46 -0500 Organization: UseNetServer.com Message-ID: <57eab$44e4fea0$49ede82$418@DIALUPUSA.NET> References: <1153868272.150837.298300@b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> <7dff1$44e1e3af$49ede3d$12517@DIALUPUSA.NET> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1155861652 26175 80.91.229.2 (18 Aug 2006 00:40:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 00:40:52 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Aug 18 02:40:49 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GDsPb-0002wD-Eh for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 18 Aug 2006 02:40:35 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GDsPa-0002i2-TL for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 17 Aug 2006 20:40:34 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news4.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!atl-c08.usenetserver.com!news.usenetserver.com!pc03.usenetserver.com!DIALUPUSA.NET!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@usenetserver.com Original-Lines: 48 Original-X-Trace: 57eab44e4fea0a13b7b2700418 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:141122 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:36747 Archived-At: "Eli Zaretskii" wrote in message news:mailman.5195.1155670786.9609.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org... > > From: "B. T. Raven" > > Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 10:10:45 -0500 > > > > > Try M-BS. A word, in Find File context is usually a dir, but now always. > > > > > > M-BS runs `backward-kill-word' > > > > On some systems (e.g. w32) this key combo runs undo (as opposed to > > advertised-undo) and C- runs backward-kill-word. > > Not on my w32 system: I get backward-kill-word when I type > M-backspace. > > What Emacs version do you have that behaves otherwise? > > GNU Emacs 21.3.1 (i386-mingw-windows98.2222) of 2004-03-10 on NYAUMO C-h k M- reports "M-DEL runs the command undo which is an interactive compiled Lisp function in `simple'. (undo &optional ARG)" this is synonymous with C-_ and M- is the same as M-d (All on standard 108 key keyboard) Maybe it has something to do with 'delete-is-backspace' (I misremember the real name of this setting) or something in my .emacs but I am sure I have never messed with this key combo. Neither do I use msw keyboard emulation, only transient-mark-mode t. The only suspicious thing I can find in my .emacs that is even vaguely related is: (global-set-key [(super k)] (lambda () (interactive) (kill-line 0 ))) C-h b reports s-k ?? but this is probably because the backward kill line is wrapped in a lambda. Ed