From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Burton Samograd Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Question on minibuffer editing Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 14:29:52 GMT Organization: Shaw Residential Internet Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <87d6ibdpqy.fsf@kruhft.vc.shawcable.net> References: <4caa7863.0305220244.6951f005@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1053614195 7964 80.91.224.249 (22 May 2003 14:36:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 14:36:35 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu May 22 16:36:31 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 19IrBH-00023l-00 for ; Thu, 22 May 2003 16:36:31 +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 19Ir65-0006tU-GE for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 22 May 2003 10:31:09 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!tethys.csu.net!news-hog.berkeley.edu!ucberkeley!nntp-relay.ihug.net!ihug.co.nz!news-out.newsfeeds.com!propagator2-maxim!news-in.superfeed.net!pd2nf1so.cg.shawcable.net!residential.shaw.ca!news3.calgary.shaw.ca.POSTED!not-for-mail X-Trace-PostClient-IP: 24.84.172.8 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 25 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.69.255.206 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@shaw.ca Original-X-Trace: news3.calgary.shaw.ca 1053613792 24.69.255.206 (Thu, 22 May 2003 08:29:52 MDT) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 08:29:52 MDT Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:113534 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:10030 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:10030 arvindk@xebeo.com (Arvind Kumar) writes: > Hi Guys, > Say, for example, I am opening a file in emacs using C-x f. I am in > 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!!! Instead of doing this, you could learn how emacs cursor movement works a bit better. To do what you want, you could go backwards word (M-b) and then delete word (M-d) (M- meaning press Alt and the key given). Sorry if this is patronizing and you know this, but it doesn't sound like you do and it's good to learn. I never use it but I just noticed that my version of emacs (21.3) does word deletion with M-[backspace] and I've never set anything up to do it. Maybe you could do an upgrade and see if that works. -- burton samograd kruhft@kruhft.dyndns.org http://kruhftwerk.dyndns.org