From: egarrulo <egarrulo@gmail.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Why does Emacs lack `backward-delete-word`?
Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2016 12:37:24 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <dk2j3kFik50U1@mid.individual.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m3ziub6e3l.fsf@gnus.org>
On 06/03/16 12:27, Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen wrote:
> egarrulo <egarrulo@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> I know how to define `backward-delete-word`, but if such a basic
>> command were deemed useful by power users, it would ship with Emacs by
>> now.
>
> M-DEL (translated from <M-backspace>) runs the command
> backward-kill-word (found in global-map), which is an interactive
> compiled Lisp function in ‘simple.el’.
>
> It is bound to <C-backspace>, M-DEL.
>
> (backward-kill-word ARG)
>
I should have been clearer, sorry. `backward-kill-word` kills. I
wonder why there is no corresponding command to delete instead.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-03-06 11:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-03-06 11:20 Why does Emacs lack `backward-delete-word`? egarrulo
2016-03-06 11:27 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2016-03-06 11:37 ` egarrulo [this message]
2016-03-06 12:30 ` tomas
2016-03-06 13:12 ` Edward Knyshov
2016-03-06 13:16 ` Marcin Borkowski
2016-03-06 15:44 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-03-07 3:21 ` Robert Thorpe
2016-03-07 15:02 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2016-03-07 23:15 ` Robert Thorpe
[not found] ` <mailman.6881.1457279069.843.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2016-03-06 19:12 ` Barry Margolin
2016-03-06 14:31 ` egarrulo
2016-03-06 16:37 ` Drew Adams
2016-03-07 4:12 ` Yeechang Lee
2016-03-07 9:02 ` Marcin Borkowski
[not found] <mailman.6942.1457320905.843.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2016-03-07 12:08 ` egarrulo
2016-03-07 15:37 ` Marcin Borkowski
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