GNU bug report logs - #44005
28.0.50; Deleting region doesn't work

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Parham Doustdar <parham90 <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2020 07:51:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: moreinfo, notabug

Found in version 28.0.50

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #40 received at 44005 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Andrii Kolomoiets <andreyk.mad <at> gmail.com>
To: Parham Doustdar <parham90 <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>, 44005 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#44005: 28.0.50; Deleting region doesn't work
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2020 22:29:07 +0300

Parham Doustdar <parham90 <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Hi there,
> <DEL> runs `delete-backward-char'.

What is the value of the `delete-active-region` variable?

I can reproduce your issue by these steps:
1. emacs -Q
2. M-: (setq delete-active-region nil)
3. C-x h
4. M-x delete-backward-char

But if I skip step 2 the selected text is deleted.
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