[Top][All Lists]
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re: What is the purpose of "To bind the key M-DEL, use "\M\d", not M-DEL
From: |
Richard Stallman |
Subject: |
Re: What is the purpose of "To bind the key M-DEL, use "\M\d", not M-DEL" |
Date: |
Thu, 04 Jan 2007 19:31:06 -0500 |
M-DEL (translated from <M-backspace>) runs the command
backward-kill-word
which is an interactive compiled Lisp function in `simple.el'.
It is bound to <C-backspace>, M-DEL.
Would it not be better if the error message we are talking about told me
to bind [M-backspace] instead?
Binding M-backspace is NOT the right way to handle this. You should
bind the character M-DEL. However that's a character, not a function
key, so you don't write it as [M-DEL] in Lisp.
This is not a simple subject, and I don't think an error message can
explain it all. What maybe it could do is refer to a node in the Lisp
manual.
- Re: What is the purpose of "To bind the key M-DEL, use "\M\d", not M-DEL", (continued)
- Re: What is the purpose of "To bind the key M-DEL, use "\M\d", not M-DEL", Lennart Borgman (gmail), 2007/01/04
- Re: What is the purpose of "To bind the key M-DEL, use "\M\d", not M-DEL", Edward O'Connor, 2007/01/04
- Re: What is the purpose of "To bind the key M-DEL, use "\M\d", not M-DEL", Lennart Borgman (gmail), 2007/01/04
- Re: What is the purpose of "To bind the key M-DEL, use "\M\d", not M-DEL", Andreas Schwab, 2007/01/04
- Re: What is the purpose of "To bind the key M-DEL, use "\M\d", not M-DEL", Lennart Borgman (gmail), 2007/01/04
- Re: What is the purpose of "To bind the key M-DEL, use "\M\d", not M-DEL", Andreas Schwab, 2007/01/05
- Re: What is the purpose of "To bind the key M-DEL, use "\M\d", not M-DEL", Lennart Borgman (gmail), 2007/01/05
- Re: What is the purpose of "To bind the key M-DEL, use "\M\d", not M-DEL", Richard Stallman, 2007/01/05
- Re: What is the purpose of "To bind the key M-DEL, use "\M\d", not M-DEL",
Richard Stallman <=
Re: What is the purpose of "To bind the key M-DEL, use "\M\d", not M-DEL", Stephen Leake, 2007/01/05