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Re: Is it permissible to bind C-<backspace> and/or C-<delete> in a major


From: Kai Grossjohann
Subject: Re: Is it permissible to bind C-<backspace> and/or C-<delete> in a major mode?
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 13:03:26 +0200
User-agent: Gnus/5.110003 (No Gnus v0.3) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux)

Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:

> There are no rules yet about C-BACKSPACE and C-DELETE.
> They are analogous to control characters, which argues
> for using them for major modes.

Other programs allow C-<backspace> to delete backwards a word and
C-<delete> to delete forwards a word.  (Like C-<left> and C-<right>
which move by words.)

I think these bindings could be or become popular.

What do people think?

Kai





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