[plt-scheme] Control+Backspace as backward-kill-word?

From: Matthew Flatt (mflatt at cs.utah.edu)
Date: Wed Jul 8 17:20:12 EDT 2009

Both "delete and "backspace" were broken in 4.2. I had already fixed
"delete", but for some reason didn't notice that "backspace" was also
broken. Both are now fixed in SVN.

At Wed, 8 Jul 2009 10:29:15 -0500, Robby Findler wrote:
> The second one below maps control+delete successfully for me. I think
> something might be wrong with the keymap% class and its handling of
> "backspace", since this doesn't work either (run the code and hit
> control-backspace or just backspace; expect to see "ff" appear, but
> backspacing happens; you do get two "f"s when you type "f", however).
> 
> (define f (new frame% [label ""] [width 100] [height 100]))
> (define k (new keymap%))
> (define t (new text%))
> (define ec (new editor-canvas% [parent f] [editor t]))
> (send t set-keymap k)
> (send k add-function "two-fs"  (λ (x y) (send x insert "ff")))
> (send k map-function "c:backspace" "two-fs")
> (send k map-function "backspace" "two-fs")
> (send k map-function "f" "two-fs")
> (send ec focus)
> (send f show #t)
> 
> The following code does print out #\backspace, so perhaps something is
> going wrong in the keymap code.
> 
> (define f (new frame% [label ""] [width 100] [height 100]))
> (define c
>   (new (class canvas%
>          (define/override (on-char evt)
>            (printf "~s\n" (send evt get-key-code))
>            (super on-char evt))
>          (super-new [parent f]))))
> (send c focus)
> (send f show #t)
> 
> Robby
> 
> 2009/7/8 Elena Garrulo <egarrulo at gmail.com>:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'd like to have Control+Backspace remapped as backward-kill-word. Following
> > advice found over the net, I've tried both these snippets of code, which not
> > work:
> >
> > #lang s-exp framework/keybinding-lang
> > (keybinding "c:del" (λ (editor evt) (send editor backward-kill-word)))
> >
> > #lang s-exp framework/keybinding-lang
> > (keybinding "c:del" (lambda (editor event)
> >                     (send
> >                         (send editor get-keymap)
> >                         call-function
> >                         "backward-kill-word"
> >                         editor event #t)))
> >
> > Any help? Thanks.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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