Re: [Nano-devel] [Request] allow deleting a marked region without affecting the cutbuffer

[Brand Huntsman]

First patch fixes the memory leak and previous issues, both patches add 
documentation.


> > Ya, ZAP was used for undo, and I realize that name looks like
> > alphabet soup. But it makes some sense if you know what BSP and DEL
> > are in that context, because it enables zap for those keys.  
> 
> True, but if there are still plans to eventually allow M-Del to zap
> marked text, regardless of the -Z option, mentioning Bsp and Del in
> the description might be confusing.

The description should mention the keys it alters. I don't see the confusion, 
but would it be better if it said "unmodified backspace and delete keys"?


> Also, I'm wondering: how do you generate your git patches?  I'm
> currently using git 2.19.1, and when I try applying your patches via
> git am, I just get "Patch format detection failed."  If I manually
> delete the ">" from the beginning of the first "From" line, then it
> can detect them, but it's unusual.

The file in my sent folder doesn't have the > at the top of each patch,
but it is present at
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/nano-devel/2018-10/msg00065.html

If these new patches have the >, could someone try attaching a test patch and 
see if it gets altered?

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