Re: Selection region and delete

[Juha Nieminen]

Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@web.de> wrote:
> 
> Am 25.07.2012 um 11:57 schrieb Juha Nieminen:
> 
>> I didn't understand the answer. (Btw, I'm talking about the delete key,
>> not the backspace key.)
> 
> Is C-h k <delete key> producing the same description?

C-d (translated from <delete>) runs the command delete-char, which is
an interactive built-in function in `C source code'.

It is bound to C-d, <deletechar>.

(delete-char N &optional KILLFLAG)

Delete the following N characters (previous if N is negative).
Optional second arg KILLFLAG non-nil means kill instead (save in kill ring).
Interactively, N is the prefix arg, and KILLFLAG is set if
N was explicitly specified.