From 5f382639e951b76cca67ecd518808abcb36ecca8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: josiah <me@jowj.net>
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2021 12:57:44 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Make C-w delete backwards and still work for kill region.

---
 .emacs.d/jlj-generic.el | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.emacs.d/jlj-generic.el b/.emacs.d/jlj-generic.el
index 23ffc3a..dd752c4 100644
--- a/.emacs.d/jlj-generic.el
+++ b/.emacs.d/jlj-generic.el
@@ -14,6 +14,18 @@
 
 ;; Remove the FUCKING frustrating C-z mnimize. Change to undo.
 (global-set-key (kbd "C-z") 'undo)
+(global-set-key (kbd "C-w") 'backward-kill-word)
+
+;; Use C-w to delete a word backwards
+;; with region bind mode,though, i can do that while retaining kill region usage!
+(use-package region-bindings-mode
+  :ensure t
+  :config
+  (region-bindings-mode-enable))
+
+(global-set-key (kbd "C-w") 'backward-kill-word)
+(define-key region-bindings-mode-map (kbd "C-w") 'kill-region)
+
 (show-paren-mode 1)
 (setq show-paren-delay 0)