From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jesper Harder <harder@myrealbox.com> Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: what is the point of point-min? Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 02:23:03 +0200 Organization: http://purl.org/harder/ Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <m3ad9ueil4.fsf@defun.localdomain> References: <E19s71c-0005cn-KT@monty-python.gnu.org> <mailman.1156.1062027752.29551.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1062034085 2226 80.91.224.253 (28 Aug 2003 01:28:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 01:28:05 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Aug 28 03:28:04 2003 Return-path: <help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org> Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19sBZz-00077P-00 for <geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org>; Thu, 28 Aug 2003 03:28:03 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.22) id 19sBWe-0007kN-6q for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 27 Aug 2003 21:24:36 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!news.algonet.se!algonet!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help X-Face: ^RrvqCr7c,P$zTR:QED"@h9+BTm-"fjZJJ-3=OU7.)i/K]<.J88}s>'Z_$r; <N5ksn~%wJ@2pjF}="tV; FBsdpFarSWA<oYkZsViGf:F^SD-KXhvFxh; ~]?)SWm~+u}; 0=x}<vOm&5J+?]yB2d]q4x8\0g7SX Mail-Copies-To: never User-Agent: Gnus/5.1003 (Gnus v5.10.3) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:lYCwULdwj1rP2kTfzWdIF51dhpM= Original-Lines: 19 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 195.249.82.156 Original-X-Trace: 1062030311 dtext02.news.tele.dk 48906 195.249.82.156 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@post.tele.dk Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:116189 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor <help-gnu-emacs.gnu.org> List-Unsubscribe: <http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-emacs>, <mailto:help-gnu-emacs-request@gnu.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://mail.gnu.org/pipermail/help-gnu-emacs> List-Post: <mailto:help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> List-Help: <mailto:help-gnu-emacs-request@gnu.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-emacs>, <mailto:help-gnu-emacs-request@gnu.org?subject=subscribe> Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:12108 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:12108 Joe Corneli <jcorneli@math.utexas.edu> writes: > and here is an alternative suggestion with one small change that I do > not fully understand. Why would this be better? > > (global-set-key [delete] > (lambda () (interactive) > (if mark-active > (kill-region (point) (mark)) > (delete-char (point-min))))) No, using `point-min' is wrong. `point-min' usually return 1, so you won't notice any difference. But if the buffer is narrowed, point-min returns a different number ... making the effect of pressing delete quite unpredictable. There's also the built-in `delete-selection-mode' which does something similar.