From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: luangruo@yahoo.com, err291@mail.usask.ca,
60646-done@debbugs.gnu.org, drew.adams@oracle.com,
"Kévin Le Gouguec" <kevin.legouguec@gmail.com>
Subject: bug#60646: 28.2; delete-selection-mode
Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2023 14:33:01 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CADwFkmnGxMOtut1Wkagx0ZVMRPoiGj0BVqnwZ3i9R6RmUExrxA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83sfgd70s4.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Sat, 14 Jan 2023 14:34:19 +0200")
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
> delete-selection-mode is problematic in that it introduces behavior
> that is extremely surprising and annoying to those who are used to the
> old-style GUI selections and the Emacs region.
That's probably true. I'd personally not use the word "extremely" given
that it'd be relatively easy for veterans to turn it off (easier than,
say, for beginners to turn it on).
> Thus, enabling it by default is out of the question;
I don't agree, not completely, but this *is* long-standing behavior, and
a change would be controversial. This has been discussed many times,
and it's been hard to find a new consensus.
I'm therefore closing this bug report. Thanks for reporting it, and I'm
sorry if the conclusion is disappointing. We will have a chance to
revisit this the next time someone brings it up.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-09-05 21:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-01-08 1:31 bug#60646: 28.2; delete-selection-mode Redekopp, Eric
2023-01-08 16:34 ` Drew Adams
2023-01-14 1:15 ` Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-01-14 11:51 ` Kévin Le Gouguec
2023-01-14 12:34 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-09-05 21:33 ` Stefan Kangas [this message]
2023-01-15 9:25 ` Visuwesh
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