delete call in API does not call autoClosingPairDelete

[xconverge]

I am trying to invoke the autoClosingPairDelete function from the api

In the source code I see:

public static deleteLeft(config: CursorConfiguration, model: ICursorSimpleModel, cursor: SingleCursorState): EditOperationResult {
let r = this.autoClosingPairDelete(config, model, cursor);

So then I call vscode.window.activeTextEditor.edit with an edit.delete for one char to the left. It does not seem that this snippet of code is executed.

Is there an API call to be able to use the autoClosingPairDelete functionality?

[rebornix]

Right now the function @xconverge mentioned is bind to command deleteLeft. When you press backspace in vanilla Code, Code will actually execute command deleteLeft. That's why TextEditorEdit.delete doesn't share the same logic.

[alexdima]

This is by design. Doing edits via textEditor.edit does not include any magic, it simply applies those edits.