Re: C-d deleting region considered harmful

[David Kastrup]

dhruva <address@hidden> writes:

> For deleting a a portion of text, I always use the shift->Arrow
> selection to mark it and hit backspace to
> delete the region. Since shift->arrow key does not work when I use
> "emacs -nw" mode, I struggle. To
> summarize, I heavily depend on ability to delete regions using the
> backspace. I just hope it does not change. It may be a relic of being
> a windows user but old habits die hard!

If the region has been selected moving backwards, it would appear
natural to have DEL/C-d delete the region.  It is probably too clever to
let DEL/C-d/Backspace not delete the active region only if it "faces the
other way".  Though it would likely cure Miles' problem.

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David Kastrup