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From: brendan.halpin@ul.ie (Brendan Halpin)
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: I want to make C-d works in two ways.
Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2011 23:50:12 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87oc5jdfbf.fsf@wivenhoe.ul.ie> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 8739v8m4hd.fsf@lola.goethe.zz

On Sun, Jul 25 2010, David Kastrup wrote:

> delete-active-region is a variable defined in `simple.el'.
> Its value is t
>
> Documentation:
> Whether single-char deletion commands delete an active region.
> This has an effect only if Transient Mark mode is enabled, and
> affects `delete-forward-char' and `delete-backward-char', though
> not `delete-char'.
>
> If the value is the symbol `kill', the active region is killed
> instead of deleted.

I've just discovered this and I hate it!

I reckon I'll just have to (setq delete-active-region nil) and
<flame-bait>live with being marginalised by all the new kids who want
Emacs to be more like Windows</flamebait>.

Brendan
-- 
Brendan Halpin,  Department of Sociology,  University of Limerick,  Ireland
Tel: w +353-61-213147 f +353-61-202569 h +353-61-338562; Room F1-009 x 3147
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  reply	other threads:[~2011-03-09 23:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <55f24183-4134-4748-b9d1-b3864afd39b2@x24g2000pro.googlegroups.com>
2010-07-24 21:14 ` I want to make C-d works in two ways Andreas Politz
2010-07-26  8:17   ` Elena
2010-07-26  9:24     ` Andreas Politz
2010-07-26 13:07       ` TheFlyingDutchman
2010-07-25  6:59 ` David Kastrup
2011-03-09 23:50   ` Brendan Halpin [this message]
2011-03-10  1:38     ` Richard Riley

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