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RE: Copy/paste issue.
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Drew Adams |
Subject: |
RE: Copy/paste issue. |
Date: |
Sun, 6 May 2012 23:27:29 -0700 |
> Now, I'd never hear do delete-selection-mode, so I did a C-h f on it:
>
> Question: what are some of the uses of this mode? Maybe name
> 2 or 3 uses, so I can understand if it's something I should get
> familiar with.
`delete-selection-mode' is quite similar to what you are (probably) used to
outside of Emacs: after you select text, what you type replaces the selection.
And Backspace deletes it. (To cancel selection, hit `C-g'.)
>From (emacs) `Using Region':
,----
| By default, text insertion occurs normally even if the mark is
| active--for example, typing `a' inserts the character `a', then
| deactivates the mark. If you enable Delete Selection mode, a minor
| mode, then inserting text while the mark is active causes the text in
| the region to be deleted first. To toggle Delete Selection mode on or
| off, type `M-x delete-selection-mode'.
`----
[IMHO, `delete-selection-mode' should be the default behavior for Emacs. It
took a couple decades to get even `transient-mark-mode' accepted as the default.
(`transient-mark-mode' is a like a neutered `delete-selection-mode'.) Perhaps
in a couple more decades `delete-selection-mode' will be accepted. ;-)]