From: Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Another Emacs incompatibilty
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2020 17:25:21 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <875z9gg5qm.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 878secyj10.fsf@ebih.ebihd
Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
<help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> writes:
> Eric Abrahamsen wrote:
>
>>>> Mark a region, immediately press e.g. "A".
>>>> The region is zapped and replaced by an A.
>>>>
>>>> That used to insert an A at the insert point
>>>> since TECO emacs until a few releases back.
>>>
>>> Still does for me in a vanilla Emacs. Maybe it's
>>> something in your config?
>>
>> Sounds like cua-mode...
>
> Yes, I just tried this and can confirm the "zap"
> behavior is there only after `cua-mode' with -Q in
>
> GNU Emacs 26.1 (build 2, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) of
> 2019-09-23, modified by Debian
>
> One thing I wonder tho is... why do you mark a region
> and press "A" to begin with? What's the purpose of
> doing that? If the "zap" isn't what you want,
> that is?
Almost by coincidence, I just discovered `delete-selection-mode', which
does the same thing. I also don't understand the utility of this, but
apparently it's useful enough to have been implemented twice! Neither
should be active by default, though.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-08-18 0:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 49+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-08-16 20:57 Another Emacs incompatibilty Torbjörn Granlund
2020-08-16 21:17 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-08-16 23:02 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2020-08-17 8:12 ` On the rate of change [was: Another Emacs incompatibilty] tomas
2020-08-17 14:21 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2020-08-17 15:20 ` tomas
2020-08-17 17:44 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2020-08-17 15:14 ` Another Emacs incompatibilty Torbjörn Granlund
2020-08-17 15:54 ` Robert Pluim
2020-08-17 16:08 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-08-17 20:16 ` Torbjörn Granlund
2020-08-17 20:42 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-08-17 21:22 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2020-08-17 22:00 ` Gregory Heytings via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2020-08-17 22:18 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2020-08-17 23:00 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2020-08-18 0:25 ` Eric Abrahamsen [this message]
2020-08-18 4:16 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-08-18 4:47 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-08-18 5:27 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2020-08-18 5:36 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-08-23 20:10 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2020-08-24 6:43 ` Alan Davis
2020-08-24 6:55 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-08-24 23:21 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2020-08-24 14:31 ` Drew Adams
2020-08-24 23:24 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2020-08-25 0:53 ` Alan Davis
2020-08-25 4:09 ` Drew Adams
2020-08-25 4:14 ` Drew Adams
2020-08-25 4:30 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2020-08-25 5:04 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2020-08-25 5:46 ` Drew Adams
2020-08-25 6:07 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2020-08-25 5:51 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2020-08-24 15:31 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-08-24 23:14 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2020-08-18 15:47 ` Drew Adams
2020-08-18 16:45 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2020-08-18 16:52 ` Drew Adams
2020-08-18 17:50 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2020-08-18 17:10 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2020-08-17 16:31 ` Gregory Heytings via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2020-08-17 16:49 ` Perry Smith
2020-08-17 16:54 ` Gregory Heytings via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2020-08-17 17:22 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-08-17 17:28 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2020-08-17 17:11 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-08-17 17:16 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
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