From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andreas Schwab Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Updated proposal for DEL to delete active region Date: Sun, 23 May 2010 19:10:56 +0200 Message-ID: References: <87ljbbbzl1.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <611EBC8A88E34310966D561E92C6B1B3@us.oracle.com> <87ljbby08e.fsf@stupidchicken.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1274634675 6705 80.91.229.12 (23 May 2010 17:11:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 23 May 2010 17:11:15 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Drew Adams , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Chong Yidong Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun May 23 19:11:13 2010 connect(): No such file or directory Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@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 1OGEhk-0007Ie-Lk for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 23 May 2010 19:11:12 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:44441 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OGEhj-0001FK-Ou for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 23 May 2010 13:11:11 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=53235 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OGEhd-0001FF-Uz for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 23 May 2010 13:11:06 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OGEhc-0003a7-9A for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 23 May 2010 13:11:05 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-out.m-online.net ([212.18.0.10]:32987) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OGEhc-0003Zb-39 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 23 May 2010 13:11:04 -0400 Original-Received: from mail01.m-online.net (mail.m-online.net [192.168.3.149]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 812C01C00047; Sun, 23 May 2010 19:10:57 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (dynscan1.mnet-online.de [192.168.8.164]) by mail.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56EE29030E; Sun, 23 May 2010 19:10:57 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mnet-online.de Original-Received: from mail.mnet-online.de ([192.168.3.149]) by localhost (dynscan1.mnet-online.de [192.168.8.164]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id H+7jPL3nYjZs; Sun, 23 May 2010 19:10:56 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from igel.home (ppp-88-217-101-108.dynamic.mnet-online.de [88.217.101.108]) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTP; Sun, 23 May 2010 19:10:56 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: by igel.home (Postfix, from userid 501) id 4146ECA297; Sun, 23 May 2010 19:10:56 +0200 (CEST) X-Yow: CONGRATULATIONS! Now should I make thinly veiled comments about DIGNITY, self-esteem and finding TRUE FUN in your RIGHT VENTRICLE?? In-Reply-To: <87ljbby08e.fsf@stupidchicken.com> (Chong Yidong's message of "Sat, 22 May 2010 19:40:01 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:125134 Archived-At: Chong Yidong writes: > This is not entirely academic. For instance, when overwrite-mode is > active, delete-backward-char untabifies while deleting. This behavior > is useful when called interactively, but not clean when called > programmatically. Programmatically, you should call delete-region anyway. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different."