From: "B. T. Raven" <ecinmn@alcisp.com>
Subject: Re: Emacs keyboard command
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 19:58:24 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <c08ed$44c6bf2e$49ede5e$623@DIALUPUSA.NET> (raw)
In-Reply-To: upsft45gf.fsf@attachmate.com
"Steve Allan" <takezowest@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:upsft45gf.fsf@attachmate.com...
> "mailpitches@email.com" <mailpitches@email.com> writes:
>
> >I'm looking for a specific keyboard command.
> >
> >When you hit C-X C-F to Find file, you are presented with a default
> >path such as ~/dir/blah. Is there a key command to travel backwards by
> >directory, so that I can press this key command and immediately get
> >~dir/ without having to hit delete four times?
>
> Try backward-kill-word, which is bound to M-<backspace> in my version
> of Emacs. I think that'll do what you want.
>
> --
> -- Steve
C-<backspace> if Backspace is Del. Also hold Ctl down while typing a-k
will delete everything back to the read-only prompt.
Ed
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-07-26 0:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-07-25 22:57 Emacs keyboard command mailpitches
2006-07-25 23:42 ` Steve Allan
2006-07-26 0:58 ` B. T. Raven [this message]
2006-07-26 6:00 ` Dieter Wilhelm
2006-07-28 5:29 ` Le
2006-07-26 11:26 ` Tao Chen
2006-08-13 1:04 ` David Combs
2006-08-14 13:33 ` HASM
2006-08-15 15:10 ` B. T. Raven
2006-08-15 19:39 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-08-15 20:39 ` HASM
[not found] ` <mailman.5195.1155670786.9609.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2006-08-17 23:42 ` B. T. Raven
2006-08-18 10:44 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <mailman.5313.1155897936.9609.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2006-08-18 15:05 ` B. T. Raven
2006-08-18 15:49 ` Drew Adams
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