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

[Emanuel Berg]

Eli Zaretskii 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?
>
> Any reason why you think you need that? Doing so will fill
> the kill-ring with meaningless single-character entries.
> You have 'undo', which can undelete the deleted text, so why
> do you want to put every single character you delete in the
> kill-ring?

So he can verify it's a bad idea ...

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