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: Selection region and delete Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 10:39:55 +0200 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1084) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1343119222 15508 80.91.229.3 (24 Jul 2012 08:40:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 08:40:22 +0000 (UTC) To: "help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List" Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jul 24 10:40:21 2012 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 1StafB-0003Gi-Tl for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 24 Jul 2012 10:40:18 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:44403 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1StafB-0007mN-9a for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 24 Jul 2012 04:40:17 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:35381) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Staf0-0007k0-VY for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Jul 2012 04:40:12 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Staet-0006VZ-16 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Jul 2012 04:40:06 -0400 Original-Received: from mout.web.de ([212.227.17.11]:50988) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Staes-0006VP-NQ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Jul 2012 04:39:58 -0400 Original-Received: from [192.168.178.8] ([81.210.160.98]) by smtp.web.de (mrweb102) with ESMTPA (Nemesis) id 0M6DuI-1Tm4so2qXS-00xQMF for ; Tue, 24 Jul 2012 10:39:56 +0200 In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084) X-Provags-ID: V02:K0:ZwGKmhjaKmXnMgWGPXG6fmWsGlleOvJy6sNx3Bmk6me JcQ6RQlLIWF7vJGVHvDapiOnfAfzVJqt1T7kIhnkJ1scEz0dth Rz0J3E/dzejJk10fPP0C8YfJqeE+Ancars/1Ir0nKkKg9TR1AV XBrCDHz107BiEfC0X5AdymAOFo7PVAYpbNrCQGdXPNvZEmBGhL vLBvTy6tO+d/aJU3dsWtw== X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 212.227.17.11 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:85999 Archived-At: Am 24.07.2012 um 09:23 schrieb Juha Nieminen: > I don't know how to set said variable from the buffer. If I type > M-x set-variable (enter) delete-selection-mode, it won't let me. > (It just says "[No match]".) Help from my GNU Emacsen 23.3 and 23.4: delete-selection-mode is a variable defined in `delsel.el'. Its value is t =09 Documentation: Non-nil if Delete-Selection mode is enabled. See the command `delete-selection-mode' for a description of = this minor mode. Setting this variable directly does not take effect; either customize it (see the info node `Easy Customization') or call the function `delete-selection-mode'. =09 You can customize this variable. Have you tried to build it yourself? Maybe Novell/Suse have decided to = distribute something castrated that vaguely resembles GNU Emacs. Does = delsel.el or delsel.elc exist in your system? Are you performing your tests without init files loaded? I actually don't remember that I ever erased selected regions with = delete. I am using often delete-region, which does not put useless text = into the kill-ring. And also do not have anything set in my init files = containing the strings "delete" or "select" that can be related to = selected regions and deleting them. Cua-mode is interfering. Although I = have other reasons to switch it off. -- Greetings Pete Hard Disk, n.: A device that allows users to delete vast quantities of data = with simple mnemonic commands.