From: "Andreas Röhler" <andreas.roehler@easy-emacs.de>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Selection region and delete
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 13:11:38 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <500E82EA.1000300@easy-emacs.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <julii0$sj5$1@speranza.aioe.org>
Am 24.07.2012 09:23, schrieb Juha Nieminen:
> Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@web.de> wrote:
>>
>> Am 23.07.2012 um 17:52 schrieb Juha Nieminen:
>>
>>> Even gnu's own documentation says that by setting
>>> delete-selection-mode to 1 it should work, but it doesn't.
>>
>> For me it works. Did you perform your tests in a GNU Emacs launched
>> with -Q? Either in its *scratch* buffer you can set
>> delete-selection-mode to t or through the customisation interface
>> and make the new setting active for this session.
>
> I don't know how to set said variable from the buffer. If I type
> M-x set-variable (enter) delete-selection-mode, it won't let me.
> (It just says "[No match]".)
>
> Setting it in the .emacs file with "(setq delete-selection-mode 1)"
> has no effect. (describe-variable confirms that its value is 1.)
>
M-x customize-variable RET delete-selection-mode RET
having it to nil, saved accordingly, should do it
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-07-24 11:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-07-23 12:01 Selection region and delete Juha Nieminen
2012-07-23 15:24 ` Barry Margolin
2012-07-23 15:52 ` Juha Nieminen
2012-07-23 19:59 ` Peter Dyballa
2012-07-23 20:05 ` jpkotta
2012-07-23 20:17 ` Peter Dyballa
2012-07-24 7:16 ` Juha Nieminen
[not found] ` <mailman.5453.1343073582.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2012-07-24 7:23 ` Juha Nieminen
2012-07-24 8:39 ` Peter Dyballa
2012-07-24 11:11 ` Andreas Röhler [this message]
[not found] ` <mailman.5487.1343128324.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2012-07-25 5:42 ` Juha Nieminen
2012-07-25 6:11 ` Juha Nieminen
2012-07-25 9:52 ` Peter Dyballa
[not found] ` <mailman.5554.1343209950.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2012-07-25 9:57 ` Juha Nieminen
2012-07-25 10:06 ` Peter Dyballa
[not found] ` <mailman.5555.1343210807.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2012-07-25 11:58 ` Juha Nieminen
2012-07-25 13:16 ` Peter Dyballa
2012-07-25 14:23 ` Juha Nieminen
2012-07-25 20:25 ` Peter Dyballa
[not found] ` <mailman.5606.1343247908.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2012-07-25 21:03 ` Juha Nieminen
2012-07-25 21:27 ` Peter Dyballa
[not found] ` <mailman.5611.1343251677.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2012-07-26 5:30 ` Juha Nieminen
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