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: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 19:58:24 -0500 Organization: UseNetServer.com Message-ID: References: <1153868272.150837.298300@b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1153878037 5616 80.91.229.2 (26 Jul 2006 01:40:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 01:40:37 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jul 26 03:40:36 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 1G5YO1-00050C-GI for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 26 Jul 2006 03:40:33 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1G5YO0-0004yv-Vl for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 25 Jul 2006 21:40:33 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news3.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,comp.emacs,comp.emacs.xemacs 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: 23 Original-X-Trace: c08ed44c6bf2ea13b7bfb00623 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:140603 comp.emacs:92653 comp.emacs.xemacs:80446 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:36228 Archived-At: "Steve Allan" wrote in message news:upsft45gf.fsf@attachmate.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- in my version > of Emacs. I think that'll do what you want. > > -- > -- Steve C- if Backspace is Del. Also hold Ctl down while typing a-k will delete everything back to the read-only prompt. Ed