I'm trying to change some keybindings in pure data, I saw how to to it using custom plugins with tcl but the deletion command was not easy to figure out.

I read throughly pd_bindings.tcl and could understand how bindings works. I figured that "Delete" command is passed directly as key command to PD using

proc ::pd_bindings::sendkey

I then tried several methods but couldnt figure out how to set a new keybinding for deletion.

Tried this simple line

bind all <$::modifier-Key-w>     {pdsend "pd key 0 Delete 119"}

tried adding this condition to ::sendkey (would bind 'w' key for deletion)

    if { "$keycode" eq "25" } {
        pdsend "pd key $state Delete 119"
    }

none of those worked

@zerino You can use menu_send %W cut as the command your keybinding sends. My guess would be that Delete and Backspace are TK default bindings and PD has little to do with how they function directly, but I did not look very hard so I might have missed something there.

tcl doesn't know what is selected or anything. I think you could remap another key to the "Delete" key though

@oid thank you, that will do.