Back out of minibuffer

Wed Oct 4 12:20:56 CEST 2017

Maybe to bind DEL/deletechar/backspace (backspace) key?

Best,
Sanel

Jack Bates <tzb69n at nottheoilrig.com> writes:
> Thank you, I did discover C-g -- I also bound [escape] to the same thing 
> (as follows) because of my existing habits:
>
>> (define-key minibuffer-local-must-match-map [escape] 'abort-recursive-edit)
>
> However I notice that I reflexively use backspace to exit the minibuffer 
> -- rather than unlearn, I'd like to teach Emacs to obey ... Is there a 
> convenient way?
>
> Thanks!
>
> On 02/10/17 03:57 PM, Sanel Zukan wrote:
>> Try with C-g (CTRL+g)[1]. C-g is also considered a proper way to abort
>> almost any running/typed command.
>> 
>> [1]
>> https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Basic-Minibuffer.html
>> 
>> Best,
>> Sanel
>> 
>> Jack Bates <mciy4j at nottheoilrig.com> writes:
>>> Is there a convenient way to make e.g. M-x followed by backspace exit
>>> the minibuffer -- similar to how colon (evil-ex) followed by backspace
>>> behaves? (I'm learning Emacs and Evil at the same time ...)
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
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