Re: Poll about proposed change in DEL (aka Backspace) and Delete

[suvayu ali]

Hi Mark,

On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 6:28 AM, MBR <mbr@arlsoft.com> wrote:
> If I understand the proposal correctly, the idea is to bind the function
> normally bound to C-w to the BACKSPACE key and the Delete key.  Have I got
> that right?
>
> As things currently stand, there are three different kinds of delete
> functionality I use: delete 1 character backward, delete 1 character
> forward, and delete the marked region.  For over 25 years I've been used to
> those functions being invoked by BACKSPACE, C-d, and C-w respectively.  Yes,
> I could retrain myself, just as I had to do years ago when IBM put the CTRL
> key in the wrong place.  But it will inevitably be a big pain.
>

I think you are misunderstanding the change. The proposal says if
there is an active region, pressing the DEL key would delete either
the active region (if present) or one character forward. You can still
use C-w instead, the difference being using DEL won't append the text
to the kill ring but C-w will.

To try out this behaviour, you can use Emacs 24 pretest or the BZR
head. I hope this clears up the proposal.

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Suvayu

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