c-w should delete word backwards in insert mode even if autocomplete is open.

[jordwalke]

When the autocomplete window is open, c-w no longer deletes backwards. This seems like a pretty big bug, though it's likely the result of some conflict of packages/layers (again, I'm new to Emacs).

This is my entire config:

  (load-theme 'spacemacs-light t)
  (set-face-attribute 'mode-line nil :box nil)
  (set-face-attribute 'mode-line-inactive nil :box nil)
  ;; Don't highlight line
  (global-hl-line-mode -1) ; Disable current line highlight
  (setq evil-want-fine-undo nil)
  (setq evil-move-cursor-back nil)
  (global-set-key (kbd "s-p") 'helm-M-x)
  ; (setq powerline-default-separator 'utf-8)
  (setq powerline-default-separator nil)
  (global-vi-tilde-fringe-mode -1)

These are my enabled layers:

     company
     ;; To toggle autocompletion on:
     ;; space t a 
     auto-completion
     ;; better-defaults
     emacs-lisp
     themes-megapack
     ;; Basic mac keybindings. (Cmd is super, alt is meta)
     osx

The version of spacemacs I'm using is master as of today.

[jordwalke]

I noticed the same issue with Helm as well.

[nixmaniack]

Yes, that's quite annoying! 😄 I have this in my config now.

(define-key company-active-map (kbd "C-w") 'evil-delete-backward-word)
(define-key helm-map (kbd "C-w") 'evil-delete-backward-word)

I'm not aware of any consequences of this.

[nixmaniack]

Okay, the C-w binding in helm-map has some consequences which I remember now. By default, emacs copies the thing(symbol) at point in input area if you hit C-w so you're essentially overriding that behaviour.

[jordwalke]

I wonder if it makes sense to at least have a spacemacs config option for this. Since you're already giving up that emacs style consistency in Vim insert mode, you would likely want the same in other input areas.

[jordwalke]

BTW: When I try that mapping in my user config (for company-active-map) I get an error:

Error in dotspacemacs/user-config: Symbol's value as variable is void: company-active-map

Edit: On develop branch today.

[jordwalke]

For the record, I had to put this in my user config:

  (with-eval-after-load 'company
    (define-key company-active-map (kbd "C-w") 'evil-delete-backward-word)
  )
  (with-eval-after-load 'helm
    (define-key helm-map (kbd "C-w") 'evil-delete-backward-word)
  )

[nixmaniack]

@jordwalke 👍 That's correct way.

[jeaye]

I'm experiencing this issue now as well and @jordwalke's config did the trick. I agree that this should be provided as an option within spacemacs.

[Profpatsch]

Same issue here, that is a pretty major dealbreaker especially in latex mode, where ispell tries to complete nearly every word.

[gdkrmr]

FYI: C-w in the company-active-map is bound to company-show-location and in d helm-map it shows some weird strings of bytes.

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[Profpatsch]

yeah

[nixmaniack]

As gdkrmr mentioned above, if users use the C-w to temporarily show the code then it would break that workflow. We might need to find a different binding for company-show-location in that scenario before binding C-w to delete backward.

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[Profpatsch]

I think this is still relevant

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