Re: Delete Selection mode

[Chong Yidong]

Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:

> I thought I was trying Delete Selection mode, but I had turned it on
> with (setq delete-selection-mode t).  A few days ago I discovered that
> was a no-op.  So I started trying it for real.
>
> It has caused me annoying surprises every day, including
> just now finding that M-w C-y did not duplicate the region
> as I expected it to.  (Instead it was a no-op.)

This doesn't sound right.  M-w C-y should not be affected by Delete
Selection mode.  With `emacs -Q', I did

M-x delete-selection-mode RET
C-SPC
M-<    [to put the *scratch* message in the region]
M-w
C-y

This gives me two copies of the *scratch* message.  Do you not see this?