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Re: [TeXmacs] Keyboard shortcut for deleting whole words


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  • From: David MENTRE <address@hidden>
  • To: Joris van der Hoeven <address@hidden>
  • Cc: Benno Dielmann <address@hidden>, Lionel Elie Mamane <address@hidden>, <address@hidden>
  • Subject: Re: [TeXmacs] Keyboard shortcut for deleting whole words
  • Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 21:55:47 +0100
  • Organization: none
Hello,

Joris van der Hoeven <address@hidden> writes:

> There is no specific keystroke for deleting words: we have a problem with
> assigning short keystrokes to common operations, because there are much
> more reasonable operations on structured text. But there will be some
> careful thought about this issue at a certain point.

I also subscribe to the [C|M]-backspace to delete a word.

I'm also used to M-leftarrow to go to previous word, M-rightarrow to go
after the next word.

> The best thing you can currently do is "C-space C-space" (select outmost
> structure or current word) and then "backspace" or "delete".
> Notice that "C-space C-space" is also useful for other things.
> For instance, "C-space C-space F5" will emphasize the current word.

Thank you for the tip.

Yours,
d.
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