GNU bug report logs - #17263
24.4.50; doc string of `backward-delete-char-untabify': active-region behavior

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2014 20:59:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 24.4.50

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #14 received at 17263 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 17263 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#17263: 24.4.50; doc string of
 `backward-delete-char-untabify': active-region behavior
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2021 17:10:41 +0200

Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

> I think it is the same as for `backward-delete-char' wrt the
> deletion part.  This is the text from `backward-delete-char'
> regarding the region:
>
>  If Transient Mark mode is enabled, the mark is active, and N is 1,
>  delete the text in the region and deactivate the mark instead.
>  To disable this, set option `delete-active-region' to nil.

Thanks; now added to the doc string in Emacs 28.

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