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24.3.50; delete selection mode not killing on overwrite

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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>
Cc: 13312 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#13312: 24.3.50; delete selection mode not killing on overwrite
Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2013 08:37:22 -0700 (PDT)

> > I don't think this should be on the wishlist.  It's a clear bug.
> >
> > (put 'ANY-COMMAND 'delete-selection 'kill) should kill the
> > text in the active region.  It does not do so in the case
> > where ANY-COMMAND is `self-insert-command'.  A bug.
> >
> > The fact that "usually the delete text is still available from the
> > "PRIMARY" selection" is irrelevant.  (Not to mention that there is
> > no "PRIMARY" selection on some platforms.)
> >
> > Putting `kill' as the property value should kill the text, pure
> > and simple.
> 
> There is no bug.  In delete-selection-mode with overwrite-mode
> selecting a region and typing a self-inserting key deletes the
> selected region and replaces it with the typed key.

Did you read the bug description and the associate StackOverflow
question?  The bug is that when you put `kill' as the
`delete-selection' property value on `self-insert-command' the
region is not killed - it is not added to the `kill-ring'.  And
the first char to be self-inserted is not inserted.

This is not about the out-of-the-box behavior of self-inserting
in delete-selection mode, i.e., with the property value having
its default value.

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