>During my travels in text editors on windowing systems, there's been
>one feature they've all seemed to shared:
>
> When you select a block of text with the mouse and then either start
> typing *or* press the DEL key, then the selected text will be deleted.
> In the case of typing after a selection, the new text entered will
> replace what was previously selected.
>
>This is not what happens in BC++ for Windows. When you mark a section of
>text and start typing, the marked text does not get deleted. When you
>mark a section of text and press the DEL key, the text does not get
>deleted. I would like to change this default behavior but I cannot
>find out how.
>
>This brings up an inconsitency in the Borland windows-hosted products...
I thought that feature was a bit unusual too. But, you must press Shift+Del or Ctrl+Del to get the effect that you want. It's the CUA Keystroke for "CUT".