GNU bug report logs - #18100
24.4.50; Restore simplicity of (put 'self-insert-command 'delete-selection 'kill)

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

Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 17:24:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 24.4.50

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

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From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>, "18100 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <18100 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: bug#18100: 24.4.50; Restore simplicity of (put 'self-insert-command 'delete-selection 'kill)
Date: Thu, 12 May 2022 19:56:40 +0300

>   Users should be able to `put' a single,
>   understandable symbol as the `delete-selection'
>   property value.  They should not need to fiddle
>   with obscure lambda forms (or symbols whose names
>   are not simple to understand).  Symbol `kill' is
>   simple - it says that you want the region to be killed.

What symbol name do you propose?
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