From: Andreas Politz <politza@fh-trier.de>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: (insert ...) won't respect delete-selection-mode
Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2008 23:09:17 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1223500491.534035@arno.fh-trier.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <d63cae07-ff23-4126-8aef-09ef8397eb28@a2g2000prm.googlegroups.com>
Xah wrote:
> On Oct 8, 3:04 am, Andreas Politz <poli...@fh-trier.de> wrote:
>> Xahwrote:
>>> On Oct 7, 2:08 pm, Chetan <Chetan.xs...@xspam.sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>>> "Drew Adams" <drew.ad...@oracle.com> writes:
>>>>>> i have a some 20 personal commands that insert some text. However, i
>>>>>> have delete-selection-mode on, meaning that when a region is active,
>>>>>> any typing should delete/override it.
>>>>>> But when calling my insert text commands it will just insert at the
>>>>>> end of region. Here's a example:
>>>>>> (defun insert-date () "Insert current date." (interactive)
>>>>>> (insert (format-time-string "%Y-%m-%d")))
>>>>>> Do i need to modify each commands to check on mark-active and delete-
>>>>>> selection-mode then call delete region first? Or, is there some
>>>>>> variable i can just set?
>>>>> See the Commentary at the beginning of `delsel.el':
>>>>> ;; Commands that delete the selection need a `delete-selection'
>>>>> ;; property on their symbols. Commands that insert text but do not
>>>>> ;; have this property do not delete the selection. The property can
>>>>> ;; be one of these values:
>>>>> ;; 'yank
>>>>> ;; For commands which do a yank; ensures the region about to be
>>>>> ;; deleted isn't yanked.
>>>>> ;; 'supersede
>>>>> ;; Delete the active region and ignore the current command,
>>>>> ;; i.e. the command will just delete the region.
>>>>> ;; 'kill
>>>>> ;; `kill-region' is used on the selection, rather than
>>>>> ;; `delete-region'. (Text selected with the mouse will typically
>>>>> ;; be yankable anyhow.)
>>>>> ;; non-nil
>>>>> ;; The normal case: delete the active region prior to executing
>>>>> ;; the command which will insert replacement text.
>>>>> Example:
>>>>> (put 'insert-date 'delete-selection t)
>>>> The command also needs to be activated with keyboard. M-x does not
>>>> do it.
>>> Thank you both.
>>> Why does it needs to be called from keyboard? Unfortunately most of my
>>> commands are used by calling a short alias.
>>> Xah
>>> ∑http://xahlee.org/
>>> ☄
>> Because it't a different command.
>>
>> (put 'execute-extended-command 'delete-selection t)
>
> LOL. When i tried this, it'll just delete the region when you do M-x,
> regardless what command you gonna call.
>
> for a moment i was gonna say Thanks! Great solution!
>
> Xah
> ∑ http://xahlee.org/
>
> ☄
>
Yes, but you get the idea.
-ap
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-10-08 21:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-10-07 19:11 (insert ...) won't respect delete-selection-mode Xah
2008-10-07 19:57 ` Drew Adams
[not found] ` <mailman.495.1223409434.25473.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-10-07 21:08 ` Chetan
2008-10-08 7:20 ` Xah
2008-10-08 10:04 ` Andreas Politz
2008-10-08 16:48 ` Xah
2008-10-08 21:09 ` Andreas Politz [this message]
2008-10-08 21:46 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
[not found] ` <mailman.621.1223502455.25473.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-10-09 21:27 ` Xah
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