From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: "'David Combs'" <dkcombs@panix.com>, <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: RE: Copy/paste issue.
Date: Sun, 6 May 2012 23:27:29 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <680C3CDEB62A467DB9EBF6ABA612D038@us.oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jo7ih6$p8q$1@reader1.panix.com>
> Now, I'd never hear do delete-selection-mode, so I did a C-h f on it:
>
> Question: what are some of the uses of this mode? Maybe name
> 2 or 3 uses, so I can understand if it's something I should get
> familiar with.
`delete-selection-mode' is quite similar to what you are (probably) used to
outside of Emacs: after you select text, what you type replaces the selection.
And Backspace deletes it. (To cancel selection, hit `C-g'.)
From (emacs) `Using Region':
,----
| By default, text insertion occurs normally even if the mark is
| active--for example, typing `a' inserts the character `a', then
| deactivates the mark. If you enable Delete Selection mode, a minor
| mode, then inserting text while the mark is active causes the text in
| the region to be deleted first. To toggle Delete Selection mode on or
| off, type `M-x delete-selection-mode'.
`----
[IMHO, `delete-selection-mode' should be the default behavior for Emacs. It
took a couple decades to get even `transient-mark-mode' accepted as the default.
(`transient-mark-mode' is a like a neutered `delete-selection-mode'.) Perhaps
in a couple more decades `delete-selection-mode' will be accepted. ;-)]
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-05-07 6:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-03-31 8:46 Copy/paste issue "Jérôme M. Berger"
2012-03-31 8:51 ` "Jérôme M. Berger"
2012-03-31 9:49 ` Peter Dyballa
2012-03-31 10:24 ` "Jérôme M. Berger"
2012-03-31 10:34 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-03-31 13:47 ` XeCycle
2012-03-31 15:14 ` Drew Adams
2012-04-01 7:59 ` "Jérôme M. Berger"
[not found] ` <mailman.189.1333201685.20052.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2012-05-07 4:19 ` David Combs
2012-05-07 6:27 ` Drew Adams [this message]
2012-05-07 7:52 ` Yaoyuan
[not found] ` <mailman.730.1336372071.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2012-05-29 1:36 ` David Combs
[not found] ` <mailman.731.1336377127.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2012-05-29 1:40 ` David Combs
2012-05-29 13:53 ` Barry Margolin
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2012-03-31 15:44 Silvio Levy
2012-03-31 16:03 ` Drew Adams
2012-03-31 16:15 ` Peter Dyballa
[not found] ` <mailman.205.1333209850.20052.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2012-05-07 4:46 ` David Combs
2012-05-07 6:09 ` Vladimir Murzin
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