From: Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: How make Emacs replace highlighted text with next typedcharacters?
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 18:55:36 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <874p0k708n.fsf@iki.fi> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <mailman.3642.1230741418.26697.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> (Drew Adams's message of "Wed\, 31 Dec 2008 08\:36\:53 -0800")
Drew Adams (2008-12-31 08:36 -0800) wrote:
>> I think you need cua-mode for that. There's option
>> cua-delete-selection which you need to switch on. See:
> I disagree - or, rather, it depends what you want.
> `cua-selection-mode' is `cua-mode' without a lot of extra key
> bindings. It will do what you request.
>
> I recommend `delete-selection-mode', in library `delsel.el'. It does
> just what you want.
>
> http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/DeleteSelectionMode
I don't like cua-mode's key bindings either. I just didn't know any
other way of getting what the original poster wanted. But now I know,
thanks. :-)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-12-31 16:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-12-31 7:31 How make Emacs replace highlighted text with next typed characters? seberino
2008-12-31 7:45 ` Teemu Likonen
2008-12-31 16:36 ` How make Emacs replace highlighted text with next typedcharacters? Drew Adams
[not found] ` <mailman.3642.1230741418.26697.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-12-31 16:55 ` Teemu Likonen [this message]
2008-12-31 17:15 ` Drew Adams
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