Re: Selection region and delete

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 24.07.2012 um 09:23 schrieb Juha Nieminen:

> I don't know how to set said variable from the buffer. If I type
> M-x set-variable (enter) delete-selection-mode, it won't let me.
> (It just says "[No match]".)

Help from my GNU Emacsen 23.3 and 23.4:

        delete-selection-mode is a variable defined in `delsel.el'.
        Its value is t
        
        Documentation:
        Non-nil if Delete-Selection mode is enabled.
        See the command `delete-selection-mode' for a description of this minor 
mode.
        Setting this variable directly does not take effect;
        either customize it (see the info node `Easy Customization')
        or call the function `delete-selection-mode'.
        
        You can customize this variable.

Have you tried to build it yourself? Maybe Novell/Suse have decided to 
distribute something castrated that vaguely resembles GNU Emacs. Does delsel.el 
or delsel.elc exist in your system?

Are you performing your tests without init files loaded?


I actually don't remember that I ever erased selected regions with delete. I am 
using often delete-region, which does not put useless text into the kill-ring. 
And also do not have anything set in my init files containing the strings 
"delete" or "select" that can be related to selected regions and deleting them. 
Cua-mode is interfering. Although I have other reasons to switch it off.

--
Greetings

  Pete

Hard Disk, n.:
        A device that allows users to delete vast quantities of data with 
simple mnemonic commands.