I have just started learning Linux and Emacs. It was pleasant to have the same key bindings in both Emacs and a shell (bash/tcsh) for the most frequently used cursor movements, so that I do not have to consciously think which one I have to use. Still worse, use the wrong command and undo the mistake. There were two exceptions, though.
One often used command was the equivalent of backspace, delete a character backwards. In a shell, it was C-h. I got the same behaviour in Emacs, thanks to this tip from Janos, who probably felt the same way.
http://www.math.rutgers.edu/~komlos/emacs.htm
Now the mistake I do often in Emacs is trying to delete words backwards with the command M-C-h, as in a shell.
Can somebody please give a binding that will make Emacs delete words backwards with ‘M-C-h’? Currently, this command selects the whole of the text in a buffer, which is quite an useful thing (C-a in windows), but not so frequently used as deleting words backwards.
Moreover, any binding to replace the current binding of M-h (from the link above) to help will be appreciated.
Thank you,
Elan.
Below binds C-M h to backward-kill-word. You can put it in your .emacs file.