Re: Deleting a word using keybinding

[Harald Jörg]

On 10/15/20 12:26 PM, Christopher Dimech wrote:
>
> I am trying to delete a word using keybinding string "C-<tab>" but the
> Chord is still showing as undefined.
>
> I would like to delete a word even if I happen to be in the middle of
> it., so I move backward.
>
>     Here is the function
>
>     ( global-set-key (kbd "C-<tab>" )
>         ( lambda () (interactive)
>             ( (backward-word)
>               (kill-word 1)
>             )
>         )
>     )

If I get rid of one pair of parens, it works for me.

( global-set-key (kbd "C-<tab>" )
       ( lambda () (interactive)
           (backward-word)
           (kill-word 1)
       )
   )

With the extra parens in your code, I get 'Invalid function:
(backward-word)'.  Maybe this is why you don't see any effect?

Also note that if your point happens to be on the first character of a
word, this function deletes the _previous_ word.
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Cheers,
haj