GNU bug report logs - #78262
30.1; comint-delchar-or-maybe-eof doesn't respect delete-active-region

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Sebastián Monía <sebastian <at> sebasmonia.com>

Date: Mon, 5 May 2025 14:45:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 73527

Found in versions 30.1, 30.0.90

Fixed in version 31.0.50

Done: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: sebastian <at> sebasmonia.com, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 78262 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#78262: 30.1; comint-delchar-or-maybe-eof doesn't respect delete-active-region
Date: Sun, 11 May 2025 20:53:17 +0300

>> PS: this still requires
>>
>>   (put 'comint-delchar-or-maybe-eof 'delete-selection 'supersede)
>>
>> that could be added later.
>
> Hmm... sorry my `delete-selection`-fu is rusty, what would this
> do/fix, again?

This is a copy from delsel.el

  ;; delete-backward-char and delete-forward-char already delete the selection by
  ;; default, but not delete-char.
  (put 'delete-char 'delete-selection 'supersede)

that will do the same for 'comint-delchar-or-maybe-eof'
that uses 'delete-char' by default.
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