--- In BeipMU@yahoogroups.com, "crashnbrn71" <crashnbrn71@...> wrote:
>
> --- In BeipMU@yahoogroups.com, "crashnbrn71" <crashnbrn71@> wrote:
> >
> > --- In BeipMU@yahoogroups.com, "Shira I'nusyl" <shira@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Er... Every other Windows application I can think of? Firefox, every IM
program I've used since 2003, Microsoft Word, OpenOffice.org, even Windows
dialogs such as the search and run features. It's been a standard key
combination for years, far as I can tell, that an overwhelming majority of
applications use.
> > >
> > > ~ Shira
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: crashnbrn71 <crashnbrn71@>
> > >
> > > What "most" programs?
> > >
> >
> > And yet, in ~2000 Programs didn't do that ;)
> > Office 2000, deletes One Word with ctrl-Backspace,
> > as does the Run Dialogue in Windows 2000 (deletes one word).
> >
> > Download AutoHotKey. Install it.
> >
> Revised Information Below, I mistakenly read you wanted to delete a line of
input, and not a single word:
>
> Open up Notepad, put this text into it:
>
> Save the file somewhere, Desktop or myDocs/Scripts, somewhere easily
accessible to yourself. Name it something like: BeipMU.ahk
> When you use BeipMU, double-click on "BeipMU.ahk" that will run it.
>
> When you press ctrl+Backspace (and then release ctrl) the word before the
cursor is deleted.
>
> In AutoHotKey, + means shift, and ^ is ctrl.
>



> ;
> ; Remap Ctrl+Backspace (V1.1) to delete a word of input in BeipMU
> ; only when BeipMU is the active window.
> ;
> #ifWinActive, ahk_class MainWnd
> {
> ^Backspace::
> {
> Send, +^{Left}
> Send, {Del}
> }
> return
> }
> return
>

This works better, CTRL+Backspace, will accept multiple backspaces and delete
multiple words, without having to release CTRL before anything happens. So just
remove the "KeyWait Ctrl" line.