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[Emacspeak] Re: Deleting text



Thanks much Rob. That works the way I want. Also, thanks for telling me how you got that. Appreciate it.  Jeff


> On Apr 22, 2022, at 4:27 PM, Rob Hill		via Emacspeak <emacspeak(a)emacspeak.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello Jeff,
> 
> Try command delete-region.  I found this by doing
> 
> m-x apropos
> 
> entering 'delete' at the prompt, and searching through the output.
> 
> Rob
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Jeff Dittel via Emacspeak writes:
>> Yes, but C-w sends it to the kill ring. I would like to delete text sometimes and not have it go to the kill ring.  Jeff
>> 
>> 
>>> On Apr 22, 2022, at 10:26 AM, John Covici <covici(a)ccs.covici.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> How about control-w -- would that work?
>>> 
>>> On Fri, 22 Apr 2022 09:36:42 -0400,
>>> Jeff Dittel via Emacspeak wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Hey guys,
>>>> 
>>>> It is so great to have emacspeak running again. Anyway, running the latest version I cannot seem to delete a marked block of text. I can kill it to the kill ring, but sometimes I would like to just be able to delete it and not send it to the kill ring. The backspace nor delete button works. After marking a block of text hitting backspace just deletes the character. Is this normal default behavior? 
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> 
>>>> Jeff
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