From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: RE: Why does Emacs lack `backward-delete-word`? Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2016 08:37:09 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1457282267 14813 80.91.229.3 (6 Mar 2016 16:37:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2016 16:37:47 +0000 (UTC) To: egarrulo , help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Mar 06 17:37:35 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1acbgU-0004E2-PE for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 06 Mar 2016 17:37:34 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:51130 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1acbgT-0003gm-Vk for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 06 Mar 2016 11:37:33 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:58107) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1acbgI-0003gh-8t for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 06 Mar 2016 11:37:22 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1acbgD-0003YB-9Z for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 06 Mar 2016 11:37:22 -0500 Original-Received: from userp1040.oracle.com ([156.151.31.81]:40910) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1acbgD-0003Wv-1d for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 06 Mar 2016 11:37:17 -0500 Original-Received: from userv0022.oracle.com (userv0022.oracle.com [156.151.31.74]) by userp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id u26GbCJc032150 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=OK); Sun, 6 Mar 2016 16:37:12 GMT Original-Received: from aserv0121.oracle.com (aserv0121.oracle.com [141.146.126.235]) by userv0022.oracle.com (8.14.4/8.13.8) with ESMTP id u26GbB1t029662 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL); Sun, 6 Mar 2016 16:37:11 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0007.oracle.com (abhmp0007.oracle.com [141.146.116.13]) by aserv0121.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id u26GbBq1019127; Sun, 6 Mar 2016 16:37:11 GMT In-Reply-To: X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.9 (901082) [OL 12.0.6691.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: userv0022.oracle.com [156.151.31.74] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4.x-2.6.x [generic] X-Received-From: 156.151.31.81 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:109480 Archived-At: > I have also noticed that `delete-region` is not on any key. This > could mean that -- before Transient Mark Mode became default -- > `delete-region` was intentionally kept out of easy reach. If this > is the case, was it because the earliest Emacs versions lacked undo? I don't think it was "intentionally kept out of easy reach" but rather, as Stefan suggested, because interactively most people want to kill text most of the time, instead of just deleting it. It is trivial to define your own command `backward-kill-word' and bind it to `M-' or whatever.