Re: Changing behavior of backward-word?

Re: Changing behavior of backward-word?

[Elena]

On Oct 31, 10:27 pm, Johan Json <wow...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Afterthought, would this possibly break other user modes dependant on
> key M-b and/or 'backward-word'?

It would not.  This is basic Emacs customization.  Here is the code:

(defun my-backward-word ()
  (interactive)
  (backward-word)
  (backward-char))

(global-set-key (kbd "M-b") #'my-backward-word)

Re: Changing behavior of backward-word?

[Elena]

On Nov 9, 10:31 pm, Elena <egarr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Oct 31, 10:27 pm, Johan Json <wow...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Afterthought, would this possibly break other user modes dependant on
> > key M-b and/or 'backward-word'?
>
> It would not.

I should have said: if you change "backward-word", then you break
existing code, but if you just rebind "M-b", that's fine.  Existing
code depends on "backward-word", not its keybinding.