From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: "B.V. Raghav" <bvraghav@iitk.ac.in>
Cc: 22467@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#22467: 24.5; Doc "Delete Selection Mode"
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 20:29:11 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83bn8819fs.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87bn88a8cx.fsf@think.bvr.lan> (bvraghav@iitk.ac.in)
> From: "B.V. Raghav" <bvraghav@iitk.ac.in>
> Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 16:57:42 +0530
>
> This is a documentation enhancement request:
>
> Where: (emacs)Top > Mark > Using Region
> `C-h i d m Emacs RET m Using Region RET`
>
> What:
> Change the paragraph from:
>
> By default, text insertion occurs normally even if the mark is
> active―for example, typing ‘a’ inserts the character ‘a’, then
> deactivates the mark. If you enable Delete Selection mode, a minor
> mode, then inserting text while the mark is active causes the text in
> the region to be deleted first. To toggle Delete Selection mode on
> or off, type ‘M-x delete-selection-mode’.
>
> Change to:
>
> By default, text insertion occurs normally even if the mark is
> active―for example, typing ‘a’ inserts the character ‘a’, then
> deactivates the mark.
>
> On the other hand, if you enable Delete Selection mode, a minor
> mode, then inserting text while the mark is active causes the text in
> the region to be deleted first. To toggle Delete Selection mode on
> or off, type ‘M-x delete-selection-mode’.
>
> Rationale:
>
> I essentially only introduced a paragraph change and an
> interjection. However, I believe that is necessary to make the
> distinction between the words `deactivate' and `delete' which are
> confused to be similar in the flow of reading.
>
> To illustrate, read the following successively:
> `inserts the character ‘a’, then deactivates the mark'
> `inserting [...] causes the text [...] to be deleted first'
>
> Though different words, `deactivate' and `delete', they get minced
> in the quick read, and are at least mistaken to be of similar
> behaviour, which is potentially misleading. And the fact is
> `deactivate'-ing the mark is normal behaviour of emacs, and
> `delete'-ing is a special behaviour for intended folks.
>
> Inspiration:
>
> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help/108581
> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help/108583
> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help/108591
I made a slight change in the wording, to make the meaning more
clear. I don't really understand how "delete text" and "deactivate
mark" can be confused with one another, though.
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