In evil insert state, I can mark a region in the buffer using the mouse. If I now press the Delete key (bound to the delete-char command) it deletes the character at the current cursor position and not the the marked region. This behavior is different from how the delete key works in normal Emacs mode where the region is killed. How can I make evil insert mode work the same way?
asked Jul 26, 2016 at 11:13
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If I understand correctly, you're asking about the behavior of
DELETE when the region is active, or, as far as evil
is concerned, when you're in evil's visual state. It should
be enough to rebind the key in that map:
(define-key evil-visual-state-map [delete] #'delete-region)
Update: as @HakonHaegland's comment indicates, it's not exactly clear what's going on with the different states. However, using the following keybinding seems to resolve the issue:
(define-key evil-insert-state-map [delete] #'evil-delete-char)
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Actually, I am quite convinced that I am in
evil'sinsertstate. Invisualstate I usually usedto delete the region. Also, if the region is not active, I would like to have the normaldelete-charto be called, sodelete-regionwill not work correctly if there is no marked region. I tried to replace yourdelete-regionwithevil-delete-charand it seems to work fine. Jul 26, 2016 at 17:08 -
@HåkonHægland: I might be misunderstanding, but I think the region is always active in
visualstate. You can check by marking the region with your mouse as you described, thenM-: (use-region-p)to check if the region is active. You can also doM-: evil-stateto determine which state you're in.– Dan ♦Jul 27, 2016 at 2:41 -
Thanks. If I try
M-: evil-stateit saysinsert. So it is as expected. Jul 27, 2016 at 6:40 -
@HåkonHægland: sorry, do you mean updating it about the
evil-delete-charfunction that you tried?– Dan ♦Jul 27, 2016 at 14:43 -
@HåkonHægland: done! Still can't figure out what's going on with the different states, but I'm glad you got it working.– Dan ♦Jul 27, 2016 at 14:49