From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#6073: 23.1.50; delete-selection-mode Date: Sun, 02 May 2010 14:46:24 -0400 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1272826627 17243 80.91.229.12 (2 May 2010 18:57:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 2 May 2010 18:57:07 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 6073@debbugs.gnu.org To: "Drew Adams" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun May 02 20:57:06 2010 connect(): No such file or directory Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O8eLh-0005g0-Jw for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 02 May 2010 20:57:05 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:33172 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1O8eLh-00076W-7C for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 02 May 2010 14:57:05 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1O8eKk-0006hN-SI for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 02 May 2010 14:56:06 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=41577 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1O8eKh-0006fl-Ah for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 02 May 2010 14:56:06 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O8eKg-0001i5-3y for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 02 May 2010 14:56:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:48710) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O8eKf-0001hy-Kw for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 02 May 2010 14:56:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O8eBy-0002pc-HG; Sun, 02 May 2010 14:47:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Richard Stallman Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 02 May 2010 18:47:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 6073 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 6073-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B6073.127282599110874 (code B ref 6073); Sun, 02 May 2010 18:47:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 6073) by debbugs.gnu.org; 2 May 2010 18:46:31 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O8eBT-0002pL-90 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 02 May 2010 14:46:31 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O8eBR-0002pG-6Q for 6073@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 02 May 2010 14:46:29 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O8eBM-0007Uu-AV; Sun, 02 May 2010 14:46:24 -0400 In-reply-to: (drew.adams@oracle.com) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Sun, 02 May 2010 14:47:02 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:36647 Archived-At: You probably already know this, but in case you do not: C-x C-x activates the region. Since it is active, your yank replaces the region text. Yes, I know that is the explanation for what happened. The point is, it was quite inconvenient. And it surprised me that C-y would delete the region.