From help-request at octave dot org Wed Jan  5 06:09:28 2005
Subject: Re: M-backspace binding in emacs octave mode
From: Rafael Laboissiere <rafael at debian dot org>
To: Neilen Marais <nmarais at emss dot co dot za>
Cc: help at octave dot org
Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 13:09:10 +0100

* Neilen Marais <nmarais at emss dot co dot za> [2005-01-05 11:08]:

> I'm using the octave mode with xemacs 21. It seems to bind M-backspace
> to "mark function", or something like that. I'd prefer to keep it bound
> to the standard editing function of backwards killing one word. I assume
> I need to put something in my init file, but I'm not sure what to do
> when a mode overrides an otherwise global keybinding.

The following works for me in XEmacs 21.4.16:

(defun octave-better-keybindings ()
  "Better key bindings for Octave mode."
  (local-set-key [(meta backspace)] 'backward-kill-word))

(add-hook 'octave-mode-hook 'octave-better-keybindings)

 
-- 
Rafael



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