From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "B. T. Raven" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Emacs keyboard command Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 10:05:21 -0500 Organization: UseNetServer.com Message-ID: <49a7b$44e5d6da$49fa2e8$5457@DIALUPUSA.NET> References: <1153868272.150837.298300@b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com><7dff1$44e1e3af$49ede3d$12517@DIALUPUSA.NET><57eab$44e4fea0$49ede82$418@DIALUPUSA.NET> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1155915638 18288 80.91.229.2 (18 Aug 2006 15:40:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 15:40:38 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Aug 18 17:40:36 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GE6SR-0007QG-5E for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 18 Aug 2006 17:40:27 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GE6SQ-0002HY-EL for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 18 Aug 2006 11:40:26 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news4.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!atl-c08.usenetserver.com!news.usenetserver.com!pc03.usenetserver.com!DIALUPUSA.NET!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@usenetserver.com Original-Lines: 50 Original-X-Trace: 49a7b44e5d6daa13a074d05457 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:141134 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:36759 Archived-At: "Eli Zaretskii" wrote in message news:mailman.5313.1155897936.9609.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org... > > From: "B. T. Raven" > > Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 18:42:46 -0500 > > > > GNU Emacs 21.3.1 (i386-mingw-windows98.2222) of 2004-03-10 on NYAUMO > > > > C-h k M- reports > > "M-DEL runs the command undo > > which is an interactive compiled Lisp function in `simple'. > > (undo &optional ARG)" > > > > this is synonymous with C-_ > > and > > M- is the same as M-d > > > > (All on standard 108 key keyboard) > > > > > > Maybe it has something to do with 'delete-is-backspace' (I misremember the > > real name of this setting) or something in my .emacs but I am sure I have > > never messed with this key combo. > > Please try the same key M- in "emacs -q". > > Right you are. This restores the default behaviour. Apparently there is something about the function and/or variable pc-selection-mode that I don't understand. For instance if I set the variable to t (using Customize, apparently the only way), set for session and future, it shows it as being on, and writes '(pc-selection-mode t nil (pc-select)) ;;; strange syntax for setting a variable?? into the .emacs. If I immediately type C-h v pc-selection-mode the program reports that its value is nil. All that I really want from the PC behaviour is incremental highlighting of line / region after C-(Mark set) ... C-f, M-f or whatever. I don't use any other PC style key assignments as they stomp on the emacs ones. Anyway the emacs -q shows that I have done something in the .emacs init file, I have no idea what. Ed.