Re: [WIP PATCH] Adding more keybindings to rectangle-mark-mode-map

[Jim Porter]

On Sun, May 2, 2021 at 9:09 AM Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
>
> > From: Jim Porter <jporterbugs@gmail.com>
> >
> > I interpreted that to mean that, if Edit -> Clear is only enabled
> > when there's an active region/rect, `backward-delete-char-untabify'
> > is equivalent to a hypothetical `delete-rect-or-region'.
>
> But Edit->Clear is enabled even when the region is not active, like if
> you turn off transient-mark-mode.

Ah. In that case, a new function might be safer, or even just leaving
it the way it is now. I don't have a strong opinion though, since I
don't use the menu-bar. I just happened to notice it while looking
into why `delete-region' didn't do what I thought it would when a rect
is selected.

- Jim