Re: [AUCTeX] Re: delete-selection mode and macros

[Piet van Oostrum]

>>>>> Ralf Angeli <address@hidden> (RA) wrote:

>RA> * Piet van Oostrum (2007-03-12) writes:
>>> OK, I see. I think this could be changed by testing in the beginning of
>>> TeX-electric-macro whether there is an empty region active and then
>>> deactivating it.

>RA> I'm not sure if we want the selection to be deleted -- even with
>RA> Delete Selection mode turned on.  After all, wrapping a macro around a
>RA> selection is an important functionality with respect to convenience.

Yes, I agree. But you usually do this (I think) not by typing a \ but by
using C-c C-m (TeX-insert-macro) or one of the predefined ones, e.g. the
font commands C-c C-f *. With my proposed patch these continue to wrap the
selected text. Only when you type a \ it works similar to any other
self-inserting command.
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