Re: Make <delete> save the deleted text into the killing ring

[Emanuel Berg]

aitor wrote:

>> <delete> char is bound to `delete-forward-char` which does
>> not save the deleted text into the kill ring by default.
>> How can I change this behavior and make <delete> actually
>> save the killed text into the ring?
>
> So I've tried stuff like:
>
> (global-set-key [delete]
>                 (lambda (n)
>                   (interactive "p")
>                   (delete-forward-char n t)))
>
> but no luck, the deleted does not appear in the kill ring.

Is this a good idea? Why?

But if you want it, make a command, i.e. an interactive defun
that does it, when it works, bind it to a key ...

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