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;;; delsel.el --- delete selection if you insert

;; Copyright (C) 1992 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

;; Author: Matthieu Devin <[e-mail]>
;; Maintainer: FSF
;; Created: 14 Jul 92
;; Last change  18-Feb-93, devin.

;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.

;; GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
;; any later version.

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;;; Commentary:

;; This file makes the active region be pending delete, meaning that
;; text inserted while the region is active will replace the region contents.
;; This is a popular behavior of personal computers text editors.

;;; Code:

(defvar delete-selection-mode t
  "*Non-nil means Delete Selection mode is enabled.
In Delete Selection mode, when a region is highlighted,
insertion commands first delete the region and then insert.")

(defun delete-active-region (&optional killp)
  (if killp
      (kill-region (point) (mark))
    (delete-region (point) (mark)))
  (setq mark-active nil)
  (run-hooks 'deactivate-mark-hook)
  t)

(defun delete-selection-pre-hook ()
  (if (and delete-selection-mode
	   (not buffer-read-only)
	   transient-mark-mode mark-active)
      (let ((type (and (symbolp this-command)
		       (get this-command 'delete-selection))))
	(cond ((eq type 'kill)
	       (delete-active-region t))
	      ((eq type 'yank)
	       ;; Before a yank command,
	       ;; make sure we don't yank the same region
	       ;; that we are going to delete.
	       ;; That would make yank a no-op.
	       (if (string= (buffer-substring (point) (mark))
			    (car kill-ring))
		   (current-kill 1))
	       (delete-active-region nil))
	      ((eq type 'supersede)
	       (if (delete-active-region nil)
		   (setq this-command '(lambda () (interactive)))))
	      (type
	       (delete-active-region nil))))))

(add-hook 'pre-command-hook 'delete-selection-pre-hook)

(put 'self-insert-command 'delete-selection t)
(put 'self-insert-iso 'delete-selection t)

(put 'yank 'delete-selection 'yank)
(put 'clipboard-yank 'delete-selection 'yank)
(put 'insert-register 'delete-selection t)

(put 'delete-backward-char 'delete-selection 'supersede)
(put 'backward-delete-char-untabify 'delete-selection 'supersede)
(put 'delete-char 'delete-selection 'supersede)

(put 'newline-and-indent 'delete-selection 't)
(put 'newline 'delete-selection t)
(put 'open-line 'delete-selection t)

;;;###autoload
(defalias 'pending-delete-mode 'delete-selection-mode)
;;;###autoload
(defun delete-selection-mode (arg)
  "Toggle Delete Selection mode.
When ON, typed text replaces the selection if the selection is active.
When OFF, typed text is just inserted at point.

A positive argument turns the mode on, negative argument turns it off,
and no argument (or nil) toggles the mode."
  (interactive "P")
  (setq delete-selection-mode
	(if (null arg) (not delete-selection-mode)
	  (> (prefix-numeric-value arg) 0)))
  (force-mode-line-update))

;; This is very useful for cancelling a selection in the minibuffer without 
;; aborting the minibuffer.
(defun minibuffer-keyboard-quit ()
  "Abort recursive edit.
In Delete Selection mode mode, if the mark is active, just deactivate it;
then it takes a second C-g to abort the minibuffer."
  (interactive)
  (if (and delete-selection-mode transient-mark-mode mark-active)
      (setq deactivate-mark t)
    (abort-recursive-edit)))

(define-key minibuffer-local-map "\C-g" 'minibuffer-keyboard-quit) 
(define-key minibuffer-local-ns-map "\C-g" 'minibuffer-keyboard-quit) 
(define-key minibuffer-local-completion-map "\C-g" 'minibuffer-keyboard-quit) 
(define-key minibuffer-local-must-match-map "\C-g" 'minibuffer-keyboard-quit) 
(define-key minibuffer-local-isearch-map "\C-g" 'minibuffer-keyboard-quit) 

(provide 'delsel)

;;; delsel.el ends here