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Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@web.de> wrote:
> (Tests with yanking something were not mentioned???) What you
> described is exactly what happens when Delete Selection mode is not
> enabled. So it's all OK until here. That the variable and function
> delete-selection-mode are unknown means that delsel.el is not loaded
> or dumped from temacs into emacs at Emacs build time. The Elisp file
> can be here:
> 
>        /usr/local/share/emacs/23.3/lisp/delsel.el.gz
>        /usr/local/share/emacs/23.3/lisp/delsel.elc
>        /usr/local/share/emacs/23.4/lisp/delsel.el.gz
>        /usr/local/share/emacs/23.4/lisp/delsel.elc

My /usr/local/share directory is empty, but there is a
/usr/share/emacs/23.3/lisp/delsel.elc file in my system.

> Does it exist? IMO this, that it exists but is not loaded, can only
> mean that you have some "unconventional" Emacs. In case delsel.el
> exists in your system, you can try to load it with
> 
>        (require 'delsel)

I added that magic line at the beginning of my .emacs file, and now it's
working correctly!

This solved the problem. Many thanks.