From: Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@Web.DE>
To: "help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List" <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Selection region and delete
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 10:39:55 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <EF49FC2C-A85A-4639-80E9-C1372699A13E@Web.DE> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <julii0$sj5$1@speranza.aioe.org>
Am 24.07.2012 um 09:23 schrieb Juha Nieminen:
> 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]".)
Help from my GNU Emacsen 23.3 and 23.4:
delete-selection-mode is a variable defined in `delsel.el'.
Its value is t
Documentation:
Non-nil if Delete-Selection mode is enabled.
See the command `delete-selection-mode' for a description of this minor mode.
Setting this variable directly does not take effect;
either customize it (see the info node `Easy Customization')
or call the function `delete-selection-mode'.
You can customize this variable.
Have you tried to build it yourself? Maybe Novell/Suse have decided to distribute something castrated that vaguely resembles GNU Emacs. Does delsel.el or delsel.elc exist in your system?
Are you performing your tests without init files loaded?
I actually don't remember that I ever erased selected regions with delete. I am using often delete-region, which does not put useless text into the kill-ring. And also do not have anything set in my init files containing the strings "delete" or "select" that can be related to selected regions and deleting them. Cua-mode is interfering. Although I have other reasons to switch it off.
--
Greetings
Pete
Hard Disk, n.:
A device that allows users to delete vast quantities of data with simple mnemonic commands.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-07-24 8:39 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 [this message]
2012-07-24 11:11 ` Andreas Röhler
[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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