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Re: What is the purpose of "To bind the key M-DEL, use "\M\d", not M-DEL


From: Lennart Borgman (gmail)
Subject: Re: What is the purpose of "To bind the key M-DEL, use "\M\d", not M-DEL"
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2007 20:28:14 +0100
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Edward O'Connor wrote:
When I do

C-h k Meta backspace

on w32 the help buffer tells me

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?

Personally, I think this is a great argument for (kbd "M-DEL").


Ted

Which actually works, yes. But isn't there a point in telling about M-backspace instead since M-DEL is made in the platform specific translation in function-key-map?




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