Newbie help

Newbie help

[Nelson Teixeira]

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Hello,

I started recently to use Emacs and am learning the basic commands. So I
haven't customized it in any way. Just installed it.
But when I use de C-x Del command to kill to the beggining of the sentence,
it open directory listing instead.
The command I want to use is backward-kill-sentence, and in help (C-h f)
says it's bounded to C-x DEL. Anyone knows why it's calling this other
function ?
How do I make myself sure that the key bindings are the default ones ?

Nelson Teixeira

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Re: Newbie help

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Nelson Teixeira <nelson777@gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 10:14:06 -0300
> 
> I started recently to use Emacs and am learning the basic commands. So I
> haven't customized it in any way. Just installed it.
> But when I use de C-x Del command to kill to the beggining of the sentence,
> it open directory listing instead.
> The command I want to use is backward-kill-sentence, and in help (C-h f)
> says it's bounded to C-x DEL. Anyone knows why it's calling this other
> function ?

When you say "DEL", you actually press what key?  It's not 3 keys D,
E, L.  Rather, it's a key labeled "DEL".  On modern keyboards, if you
don't have a key labeled "DEL", it could be the Backspace key instead.

RE: Newbie help

[Drew Adams]

> when I use de C-x Del command to kill to the beggining of
> the sentence, it open directory listing instead.

Sounds like it's bound to `list-directory' or `dired'.  Those are typically
bound to `C-x C-d' and `C-x d' instead.  `DEL' is typically the Backspace key.

I suggest you file a bug report if `C-x DEL' is not bound correctly:

M-x report-emacs-bug

> How do I make myself sure that the key bindings are the default ones ?

`C-h k C-x DEL' will tell you what the key is bound to.

If you start emacs with the -Q option then you are sure to be getting the
default key bindings.

Re: Newbie help

[trebol55555]

Hello, Nelson.
The "del" key in emacs mean the "backspace" key ( <-- ), not the "Supr" key. 
Just read the manual, yes it's enormous, like the emacs's power!.
Also, take a look at the emacs wiki: www.emacswiki.org.

Trebol.

Nelson Teixeira <nelson777@gmail.com> writes:

> Hello,
>
> I started recently to use Emacs and am learning the basic commands. So I haven't customized it in any way. Just
> installed it.
> But when I use de C-x Del command to kill to the beggining of the sentence, it open directory listing instead.
> The command I want to use is backward-kill-sentence, and in help (C-h f) says it's bounded to C-x DEL. Anyone knows why
> it's calling this other function ?
> How do I make myself sure that the key bindings are the default ones ?
>
> Nelson Teixeira

Re: Newbie help

[Jason Earl]

On Tue, Feb 15 2011, Nelson Teixeira wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I started recently to use Emacs and am learning the basic commands. So
> I haven't customized it in any way. Just installed it. 
> But when I use de C-x Del command to kill to the beggining of the
> sentence, it open directory listing instead. 
> The command I want to use is backward-kill-sentence, and in help (C-h
> f) says it's bounded to C-x DEL. Anyone knows why it's calling this
> other function ?
> How do I make myself sure that the key bindings are the default ones ?
>
> Nelson Teixeira

This might sound goofy, but have you tried typing "C-x <Backspace>"?

"C-x D" does want to give a directory listing on my machine, but "C-x
<Backspace>" does the right thing.

Jason