Hi,<br>
  Can we consider changing defaults only for users who don&#39;t have any init file at all ?<br>
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  This change may not solve many problems, due to two other features of emacs : <br>
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1. Emacs undo is frustrating for most new users. Correcting mistakes with delete-selection-mode i.e. restore a selection that was deleted due to a mistaken delete by typing/pasting , will need them to use undo. <br>
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2. In their attempt to play with undo/redo, they might do C-y. Which pastes in Emacs : but it is the key for redo in many &quot;modern&quot; editors. This can cause more unintended deletions in delete-selection-mode.<br>
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Thanks