Re: Emacs keyboard command

[B. T. Raven]

"Eli Zaretskii" <eliz@gnu.org> wrote in message
news:mailman.5313.1155897936.9609.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org...
> > From: "B. T. Raven" <ecinmn@alcisp.com>
> > Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 18:42:46 -0500
> >
> > GNU Emacs 21.3.1 (i386-mingw-windows98.2222) of 2004-03-10 on NYAUMO
> >
> > C-h k M-<backspace> reports
> > "M-DEL runs the command undo
> >    which is an interactive compiled Lisp function in `simple'.
> > (undo &optional ARG)"
> >
> > this is synonymous with C-_
> > and
> > M-<delete> is the same as M-d
> >
> > (All on standard 108 key keyboard)
> >
> >
> > Maybe it has something to do with 'delete-is-backspace' (I misremember
the
> > real name of this setting) or something in my .emacs but I am sure I
have
> > never messed with this key combo.
>
> Please try the same key M-<backspace> in "emacs -q".
>
>

Right you are. This restores the default behaviour. Apparently there is
something about the function and/or variable pc-selection-mode that I
don't understand. For instance if I set the variable to t (using
Customize, apparently the only way), set for session and future, it shows
it as being on, and writes
 '(pc-selection-mode t nil (pc-select)) ;;;  strange syntax for setting a
variable??
into the .emacs.
If I immediately type C-h v pc-selection-mode the program reports that its
value is nil.
All that I really want from the PC behaviour is incremental highlighting
of line / region after C-<space>(Mark set) ... C-f, M-f or whatever. I
don't use any other PC style key assignments as they stomp on the emacs
ones.
Anyway the emacs -q  shows that I have done something in the .emacs init
file, I have no idea what.


Ed.