Re: delete-region - is their a way to get the deleted text?

[Thorsten Jolitz]

Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>> ,------------------------------------------------------------------
>> | (delete-region START END)
>> | Delete the text between START and END.
>> | This command deletes buffer text without modifying the kill ring.
>> `------------------------------------------------------------------
>> If its not in the kill ring - is there any other way to get the text
>> that deleted, or is it simply gone and lost?

> - make sure the function is called with undo enabled, then look for the
>   deleted string in the undo log (that's how delete-and-extract-region
>   was originally coded, back when I wrote it in Elisp).

that sounds reasonably simple
> - temporarily advise delete-region so it stashes its result in
>   some variable.

another option I like

> - even nastier hacks can be imagined, of course.

thanks for the tips!

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cheers,
Thorsten