Re: How to bind delete key for mutiple commands ?

[Deniz Dogan]

On 2012-05-16 11:30, codetweetie wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm trying to bind the delete key to the following commands :
> delete-char
> kill-region
>
> I tried mapping "delete" key to "kill-region" using global-set-key which
> worked fine.
> When I again mapped "delete" to "delete-char" obviously the command got
> overridden.
>
> How do I map multiple commands to the same key or key-combination ?
>
> Thanks,
> Anitha

Hi,

You need to make a new command which acts differently depending on the 
circumstances.  Define a function something like this:

(defun kill-region-or-delete-char ()
  (interactive "*")
  (if (use-region-p)
      (kill-region (region-beginning) (region-end))
    (delete-char 1)))

Then bind delete to that command.  There is most likely a better way to 
define the command so that it takes arguments into account, but this 
should get you on the right way.

Hope that helps,
Deniz