How can I remap Ctrl-backspace in Emacs?

Question

I'm trying to map Ctrl-backpace to `kill-whole-line in emacs but no such luck. I've tried:

(global-set-key (kbd "C-\d") 'kill-whole-line)

and

(global-set-key "\C-\d") 'kill-whole-line)

but they have either given me Lisp errors or just plain don't work. Maybe my syntax is wrong?

Thanks, -Adam

Answer 1

Try this:

(global-set-key [C-backspace] 'kill-whole-line)