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Re: Proposal for DEL to delete the active region
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Stefan Monnier |
Subject: |
Re: Proposal for DEL to delete the active region |
Date: |
Mon, 03 May 2010 13:12:42 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
> I count ten such commands, all variants of delete-char or
> delete-backward-char. I think these should all obey the same two
> variables. For instance, `c-electric-backspace' should obey
> `delete-backward-char-delete-region', and `org-delete-char' should obey
> `delete-char-delete-region'.
My point is that we should go with a single option, like
`delete-deletes-active-region'.
> Good point. How about splitting up the functions, similar to next-line
> vs forward-line?
> So, we'd leave delete-backward-char unchanged, and create a new command
> `delete-backward' which is the default binding for [DEL]. Similarly, a
> new function `delete-forward', which is the default binding for
> [delete].
Sounds fine for these functions. Don't know about the (org|c)-*
commands, tho.
Stefan