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From: jorge.alfaro-murillo@yale.edu (Jorge A. Alfaro-Murillo)
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Destructive writing over selected text
Date: Mon, 11 May 2015 10:44:39 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87mw1b2my0.fsf@yale.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: b2071c40bea44593f837ad820807c696@teksavvy.com

jonetsu writes:

> Is it possible to have selected text automatically replaced by 
> typing new text?

(delete-selection-mode 1)

Best,

-- 
Jorge.




      reply	other threads:[~2015-05-11 14:44 UTC|newest]

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2015-05-11 14:39 Destructive writing over selected text jonetsu
2015-05-11 14:44 ` Jorge A. Alfaro-Murillo [this message]

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