Re: Make <delete> save the deleted text into the killing ring

[Emanuel Berg]

Gregory Heytings wrote:

>> <delete> char is bound to `delete-forward-char` which does
>> not save the deleted text into the kill ring by default.
>> How can I change this behavior and make <delete> actually
>> save the killed text into the ring?
>
> (defun kill-forward-char (n)
>   (interactive "p")
>   (let ((delete-active-region 'kill))
>     (delete-forward-char n t)))
>
> (global-set-key [delete] #'kill-forward-char)

Yes, correct method 100% ...

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