     @logAndCancel(event)
 
   backspace: (event) =>
-    if event.altKey
-      @responder?.deleteWordBackward()
-    else
-      @responder?.deleteBackward()
+    @responder?.deleteBackward()
     event.preventDefault()
 
   return: (event) =>

      @responder?.insertString("\n", false)
      event.preventDefault()

  logAndCancel: (event) =>
    console.log "trapped event:", event
    event.preventDefault()

    if keyName = @constructor.keys[event.keyCode]
      context = switch
        when event.ctrlKey then @control
        when event.altKey then @alt
        else this

      context[keyName]?.call this, event
