GNU bug report logs - #29430
26.0.90; C-M-backspace is undefined

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Devon Sean McCullough <Emacs-Hacker2017 <at> jovi.net>

Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2017 19:13:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Merged with 37447

Found in versions 26.0.90, 26.3

Fixed in version 29.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #22 received at 29430 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net>
Cc: Devon Sean McCullough <Emacs-Hacker2017 <at> jovi.net>, 37447 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 29430 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#37447: 26.3; Commands on <delete> and <backspace>
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2022 14:30:36 +0100

Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net> writes:

> Seems to be on purpose, bindings.el:1236:
>
> ;;; These are dangerous in various situations,
> ;;; so let's not encourage anyone to use them.
> ;;;(define-key global-map [C-M-delete] 'backward-kill-sexp)
> ;;;(define-key global-map [C-M-backspace] 'backward-kill-sexp)

I've now reinstated the bindings, since X stopped killing itself if you
hit those keys decades ago (in all mainstream configurations).

The merged bug report discussed moving some of other related keys
around, and the conclusions was that we don't want to do that, so I'm
closing this bug report.

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