GNU bug report logs - #11313
24.1.50; Bind <C-M-backspace> to `backward-kill-sexp' in Lisp modes - like it used to be

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From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 11313 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#11313: 24.1.50;
	Bind <C-M-backspace> to `backward-kill-sexp' in Lisp modes - like it
	used to be
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:05:46 +0800

"Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

> Wow.  I've had this for so long in my setup that I forgot that this was
> removed from vanilla Emacs in Emacs 22.  It was always present in older
> Emacs releases, and it makes sense (IMO).  Please restore the binding of
> <C-M-backspace> to `backward-kill-sexp' in the Lisp modes, so others can
> benefit from it by default.

See NEWS.22:

** The old bindings C-M-delete and C-M-backspace have been deleted,
since there are situations where one or the other will shut down
the operating system or your X server.

Closing this non-bug.

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