GNU bug report logs - #48695
python.el *-backspace functionality behavior

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Message #13 received at 48695 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Mikhail P <mikpom <at> fastmail.com>
Cc: 48695 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#48695: python.el *-backspace functionality behavior
Date: Fri, 28 May 2021 03:13:21 +0200

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Mikhail P <mikpom <at> fastmail.com> writes:

> Greetings!
>
> The steps are :
>
> 1. start emacs with emacs -Q
>
> 2. visit a (empty) file with .py extension (so built-in Python major mode is activated)
>
> 3. type a block of code containing indented line, e.g. 
>
> for i in range(10): 
>
>     print(i)
>
> 4. Move the cursor at the very end of the code example (after print(i)) and activate
> the mark
>
> 5. Move the cursor at the beginning of print(i), so it is on p.
>
> 6. hit backspace.
>
> 7. selected text (print(i)) is not deleted but dedented instead)

Thanks for the recipe -- I can reproduce this in both Emacs 28 and 27.1.

If point is anywhere else than at the "p", the <backspace> works as
expected, but if it's a the "p", it deletes the leading spaces instead.
Most peculiar.

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