GNU bug report logs - #37447
26.3; Commands on <delete> and <backspace>

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Sebastian Urban <mrsebastianurban <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2019 11:47:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Merged with 29430

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 #20 received at 37447 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: Sebastian Urban <mrsebastianurban <at> gmail.com>, 37447 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Subject: Re: bug#37447: 26.3; Commands on <delete> and <backspace>
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2019 17:59:29 -0400

Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> 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.
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