Re: [BUG] `org-delete-char` and `org-delete-backward-char` don't respect `delete-active-region`

[Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>]

Okamsn <okamsn@protonmail.com> writes:

> With your clarification, I am asking that Org commands be added/changed 
> to support `delete-active-region`.

Maybe something like below? (100% untested)

(defun org-delete-forward-char (N)
  "Like `delete-forward-char', insert whitespace at field end in tables.
When deleting, in tables this function will insert whitespace in front
of the previous \"|\" separator, to keep the table aligned.  The table
will still be marked for re-alignment if the field did fill the entire
column, because, in this case the deletion might narrow the column."
  (interactive "p")
  (save-match-data
    (if (and (= N 1)
	     (not overwrite-mode)
	     (not (org-region-active-p))
	     (not (eq (char-after) ?|))
	     (looking-at-p ".*?|")
	     (org-at-table-p))
	(org-delete-char 1)
      (funcall-interactively #'delete-forward-char N)
      (org-fix-tags-on-the-fly))))


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