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

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Message #46 received at 78262 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Cc: sebastian <at> sebasmonia.com, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca, 78262 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#78262: 30.1; comint-delchar-or-maybe-eof doesn't respect
 delete-active-region
Date: Sun, 11 May 2025 22:40:33 +0300

> From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,  sebastian <at> sebasmonia.com,
>   78262 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 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.

And that's why I questioned the wisdom of doing this.  Deleting the
entire active region is a dangerous operation, and users who don't
expect that will be extremely annoyed, I'm afraid.

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