Subject: bug#37447: 26.3; Commands on <delete> and <backspace>

From: Noam Postavsky <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2019 17:59:29 -0400

Drew Adams <[email-masked]> writes:

>> But if a safer solution is possible, then I'd recommend
>> binding one of C- or M- prefixes to sexp killing commands
>> because their default prefix C-M- can't be used: C-M-DEL
>> runs system shutdown, and C-M-<backspace> kills the X server.

> FWIW, `C-M-k' for `kill-sexp', and `C-M-<backspace>
> for `backward-kill-sexp', work on at least some
> platforms, such as MS Windows. 

FWIW, recent (since around 2007~2010 from what I see on the web) Xorg
disables C-M-<backspace> as the kill X server by default.