Re: I want to make C-d works in two ways.

[Brendan Halpin]

On Sun, Jul 25 2010, David Kastrup wrote:

> delete-active-region is a variable defined in `simple.el'.
> Its value is t
>
> Documentation:
> Whether single-char deletion commands delete an active region.
> This has an effect only if Transient Mark mode is enabled, and
> affects `delete-forward-char' and `delete-backward-char', though
> not `delete-char'.
>
> If the value is the symbol `kill', the active region is killed
> instead of deleted.

I've just discovered this and I hate it!

I reckon I'll just have to (setq delete-active-region nil) and
<flame-bait>live with being marginalised by all the new kids who want
Emacs to be more like Windows</flamebait>.

Brendan
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