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changeset 99669:da7dc901e0e6
(Using Region): Document Delete Selection Mode more thoroughly.
| author | Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com> |
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| date | Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:39:24 +0000 |
| parents | b8704eb1a8e9 |
| children | bfe3493da0c5 |
| files | doc/emacs/mark.texi |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/doc/emacs/mark.texi Mon Nov 17 16:39:17 2008 +0000 +++ b/doc/emacs/mark.texi Mon Nov 17 16:39:24 2008 +0000 @@ -222,9 +222,6 @@ Most commands that operate on the text in the region have the word @code{region} in their names. - If Delete Selection mode is enabled, some commands delete the region -when used while the mark is active. @xref{Mouse Commands}. - Some commands have a default behavior when the region is inactive, but operate on the text in the region if the region is active. For example, @kbd{M-$} (@code{ispell-word}) normally checks the spelling @@ -235,6 +232,17 @@ region, change the variable @code{use-empty-active-region} to @code{t}. +@cindex Delete Selection mode +@cindex mode, Delete Selection +@findex delete-selection-mode + If you enable Delete Selection mode, a minor mode, then inserting +text while the region is active causes the selected text to be deleted +first. This also deactivates the mark. Many graphical applications +follow this convention, but Emacs does not. To toggle Delete +Selection mode on or off, type @kbd{M-x delete-selection-mode}. +Another effect of this mode is that some keys, such as @key{DEL} and +@kbd{C-d}, always kill the region if one exists. + @node Mark Ring @section The Mark Ring