From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Klaus Berndl Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Proplem with pc-selection-mode and S-insert Date: 15 Feb 2003 09:51:28 +0100 Organization: sd&m AG, Muenchen, Germany Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <3uc3a.10$lQ2.9@news.get2net.dk> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1045299576 19840 80.91.224.249 (15 Feb 2003 08:59:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2003 08:59:36 +0000 (UTC) Cc: baumann@get2net.dk Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18jyAY-00059q-00 for ; Sat, 15 Feb 2003 09:59:35 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18jyBW-00055l-01 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 15 Feb 2003 04:00:34 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!lnewspeer01.lnd.ops.eu.uu.net!emea.uu.net!news.sdm.de!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 33 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: callin51.muc.sdm.de Original-X-Trace: solti3.muc.sdm.de 1045299089 21722 195.125.139.51 (15 Feb 2003 08:51:29 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@news.sdm.de Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: 15 Feb 2003 08:51:29 GMT User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:110228 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:6730 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:6730 For all this stuff i recommend cua-mode which comes with cua.el which you can find in the web! Klaus On Fri, 14 Feb 2003, Anders Baumann wrote: > I have a problem with "pc-selection-mode" in Emacs. > I cannot seem to make S-insert work properly. When I press S-insert and I > have marked a region, the text in the kill ring should overwrite/replace > the marked region, but it does not. Instead the text in the kill ring is > inserted next to the text in the region. If I want to overwrite the region > I have to use M-y. > > "Delete-selection-mode" is turned on. If I mark a region and starts > writing, the marked region will be overwritten. > > I hope there is an Emacs expert that has an explanation to this > annoying little problem. > > Thanks, > > Anders Baumann -- Klaus Berndl mailto: klaus.berndl@sdm.de sd&m AG http://www.sdm.de software design & management Thomas-Dehler-Str. 27, 81737 München, Germany Tel +49 89 63812-392, Fax -220