Re: delete whole word (ssh)

[Rafal Kurcz <pawlaczus@yahoo.com>]

On 7 Paź, 04:10, Xah <xah...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Oct 6, 7:14 am, Rafal Kurcz <pawlac...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > Hello
>
> > The backspace didn't work in emacs on ssh session.
> > I put the following into my config file to use the backspace to delete
> > the character at the left side of a cursor:
>
> > (keyboard-translate ?\C-h ?\C-?)
> > or
> > (global-set-key "\C-h" 'backward-delete-char)
>
> > Unfortunately ctrl-backspace does not delete whole words but only one
> > character.
> > How can I force emacs to delete whole words on ssh session.
>
> (1) are you using emacs in X-Windows, then running ssh within M-x
> term?
>
> (2) Or, are you using a terminal app in X-windws, ssh to remote
> server, then launching emacs in the remote server?
>
> The answer depends. For (2), it's likely your term app has a
> preference setting to that tells it what signal to send for the the
> backspace key.
>
> For (1) it's a bit complex... perhaps you can just try this:
>
>  (global-set-key (kbd "C-<backspace>") 'backward-kill-word)

I am using the (2) option it is using ssh to connect to a remote
server and then launch emacs on it.
Could you give me more indications of how to solve this problem.

Great thanks for help.