Smart backspace

A simple package to enable intellij like backspace in Emacs.

How it works

smart-backspace delete white spaces to previous line indentation.

class Some {
  
  
  |void someFunc() {
  ↑ carret here
  }
}

↓ press smart-backspace command once

class Some {
  
  |void someFunc() {
  }
}

↓ press smart-backspace command again

class Some {
  |void someFunc() {
  }
}

Installation

package can be available in melpa. just M-x package-install smart-backspace and bind smart-backspace

set keybinds to your favorite key.

(require 'smart-backspace)
(global-set-key [?\C-?] 'smart-backspace)

for evil users

(require 'smart-backspace)
(define-key evil-insert-state-map [?\C-?] 'smart-backspace)