From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Peter Dyballa Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: delete-region - is their a way to get the deleted text? Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 20:31:46 +0200 Message-ID: <2035957D-C37F-4296-ACF9-B671171567AE@Web.DE> References: <87wqpys8d8.fsf@gmail.com> <874nd2bbwc.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1085) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1371148322 11256 80.91.229.3 (13 Jun 2013 18:32:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 18:32:02 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Barry Margolin Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jun 13 20:32:02 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1UnCJV-0002UB-S1 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 13 Jun 2013 20:32:01 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:47703 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UnCJV-0004HG-DX for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:32:01 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:35208) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UnCJK-0004H7-Oq for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:31:52 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UnCJJ-0000NT-Su for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:31:50 -0400 Original-Received: from mout.web.de ([212.227.15.3]:54296) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UnCJJ-0000NE-JX for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:31:49 -0400 Original-Received: from sumac.fritz.box ([176.198.63.55]) by smtp.web.de (mrweb001) with ESMTPA (Nemesis) id 0LjJaZ-1UCmMf3VsN-00dVDW; Thu, 13 Jun 2013 20:31:46 +0200 In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1085) X-Provags-ID: V03:K0:pg2xwl61B/TVC29ddrCTdTgpMwO/rAfCHa8ihv1xFtkVkAF8+wr hlKHIdzXe2W9VLFXnaQLN33QE3JvebA9xK/6tAW9+dFF8ySwZ47Y6na3aSNUHrvTbn3Kj2S uqydMJ1kHw7wkYs0lUSCwFZcdhLcoD+H1YoQ3dzIUytx4/gs9RWJGdS6ef8MbTG4FUuFOSM KFH1PJlpcNgGtHarXkIAg== X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 212.227.15.3 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:91525 Archived-At: Am 13.06.2013 um 15:33 schrieb Barry Margolin: > Why is that needed? Because delete-region is an interactive command. I naturally assumed = that a substitute should a few features of the original command. Or it = wouldn't be a substitute. > The OP said that he needed access to the deleted region within the = function that calls it. That's not true. Or my English is too bad. -- Greetings Pete Mushrooms always grow in damp places, which is why they look like = umbrellas.