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From: aitor <aitors2005@gmail.com>
To: Gregory Heytings <gregory@heytings.org>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Make <delete> save the deleted text into the killing ring
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2022 09:40:31 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Y5rdf/6IXGQjnjl4@sipc87.si.ehu.es> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <52007260f0ebe2e0ad16@heytings.org>

On Wed, Dec 14, 2022 at 08:17:45PM +0000, Gregory Heytings wrote:
> 
> > 
> > <delete> char is bound to `delete-forward-char` which does not save the
> > deleted text into the kill ring by default. How can I change this
> > behavior and make <delete> actually save the killed text into the ring?
> > 
> 
> (defun kill-forward-char (n)
>   (interactive "p")
>   (let ((delete-active-region 'kill))
>     (delete-forward-char n t)))
> 
> (global-set-key [delete] #'kill-forward-char)

This works like a charm. Thank you!



  parent reply	other threads:[~2022-12-15  8:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-12-13 11:12 Make <delete> save the deleted text into the killing ring aitor
2022-12-14 11:23 ` aitor
2022-12-14 17:44   ` Emanuel Berg
2022-12-14 19:52     ` John Haman
2022-12-14 19:58       ` Emanuel Berg
2022-12-14 20:17 ` Gregory Heytings
2022-12-14 20:43   ` Emanuel Berg
2022-12-15  8:40   ` aitor [this message]
2022-12-15  8:48     ` Emanuel Berg
2022-12-15  6:14 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-12-15  6:15   ` Emanuel Berg
2022-12-15  8:31   ` aitor
2022-12-15  9:04     ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-12-15 10:18       ` Thibaut Verron
2022-12-15 10:24         ` Gregory Heytings
2022-12-15 10:46           ` Emanuel Berg

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