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Re: Emacs keyboard command
From: |
B. T. Raven |
Subject: |
Re: Emacs keyboard command |
Date: |
Tue, 25 Jul 2006 19:58:24 -0500 |
"Steve Allan" <takezowest@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> "mailpitches@email.com" <mailpitches@email.com> writes:
>
> >I'm looking for a specific keyboard command.
> >
> >When you hit C-X C-F to Find file, you are presented with a default
> >path such as ~/dir/blah. Is there a key command to travel backwards by
> >directory, so that I can press this key command and immediately get
> >~dir/ without having to hit delete four times?
>
> Try backward-kill-word, which is bound to M-<backspace> in my version
> of Emacs. I think that'll do what you want.
>
> --
> -- Steve
C-<backspace> if Backspace is Del. Also hold Ctl down while typing a-k
will delete everything back to the read-only prompt.
Ed