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From: xah lee <xah@xahlee.org>
To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: bug#1120: issues on (put 'insert-date 'delete-selection t)
Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 09:55:27 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <51DE3BC4-A565-472C-90A5-028B38C523BC@xahlee.org> (raw)

according to delete-selection-mode's header file, elisp code that  
insert text that wants to respect delete-selection-mode should set  
the symbol's delete-selection property to true.

However, this works only when the command is called by a keyboard,  
not by M-x.

This appears to be a bug?

Example for reproduction:

(defun insert-date () "Insert current date." (interactive)
   (insert (format-time-string "%Y-%m-%d"))
)
(put 'insert-date 'delete-selection t)


then call M-x insert-date, and it'll not replace text selection.

(PS thanks to Drew Adams and Chetan on gnu.emacs.help)

   Xah
∑ http://xahlee.org/

☄






             reply	other threads:[~2008-10-08 16:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-10-08 16:55 xah lee [this message]
2008-10-09  2:59 ` bug#1120: issues on (put 'insert-date 'delete-selection t) Richard M. Stallman
2008-10-09  7:45   ` xah lee
2008-10-09 19:00     ` Richard M. Stallman

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