From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: chad Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: draft for DEL key poll Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2011 10:56:51 -0700 Message-ID: <4A9D6D45-09E2-4F2A-AFAB-4320C7E752BF@mit.edu> References: <87litcvtu2.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87r532n6wr.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <20110928075430.GA2337@acm.acm> <1508D161-CE02-4EA8-B304-37A409A8F175@mit.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1244.3) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1317319023 2106 80.91.229.12 (29 Sep 2011 17:57:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2011 17:57:03 +0000 (UTC) To: Emacs devel Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Sep 29 19:57:00 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1R9Kqy-0008Iy-26 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 29 Sep 2011 19:57:00 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:54599 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R9Kqx-0007WC-4f for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 29 Sep 2011 13:56:59 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:49132) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R9Kqu-0007Vj-Sr for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 29 Sep 2011 13:56:57 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R9Kqt-00017w-UF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 29 Sep 2011 13:56:56 -0400 Original-Received: from dmz-mailsec-scanner-5.mit.edu ([18.7.68.34]:60237) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R9Kqt-00017k-Ry for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 29 Sep 2011 13:56:55 -0400 X-AuditID: 12074422-b7ff56d00000092f-33-4e84b166a14b Original-Received: from mailhub-auth-3.mit.edu ( [18.9.21.43]) by dmz-mailsec-scanner-5.mit.edu (Symantec Messaging Gateway) with SMTP id 44.43.02351.661B48E4; Thu, 29 Sep 2011 13:56:54 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from outgoing.mit.edu (OUTGOING-AUTH.MIT.EDU [18.7.22.103]) by mailhub-auth-3.mit.edu (8.13.8/8.9.2) with ESMTP id p8THuskt008288 for ; Thu, 29 Sep 2011 13:56:54 -0400 Original-Received: from [10.0.1.4] (c-67-183-32-38.hsd1.wa.comcast.net [67.183.32.38]) (authenticated bits=0) (User authenticated as yandros@ATHENA.MIT.EDU) by outgoing.mit.edu (8.13.6/8.12.4) with ESMTP id p8THuq1a004234 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NOT) for ; Thu, 29 Sep 2011 13:56:54 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1244.3) X-Brightmail-Tracker: H4sIAAAAAAAAA+NgFnrFIsWRmVeSWpSXmKPExsUixCmqrZu2scXP4MpcA4vHC56wOjB6tE0z C2CM4rJJSc3JLEst0rdL4MqY+fEJc8ER1opt6zwaGBeydDFyckgImEjsWL2fDcIWk7hwbz2Q zcUhJLCPUaLv5Wco5xSjxOfmfYwgVUICj5gkzrUJgNjMAloSN/69ZOpi5ODgFTCWeP2PCSQs LKAs8ewuRJhNQAZoqAZImFPASGLHleesIDaLgKrE7+Of2CGmaEssW/iaGcTmFbCS2PPlLCvE 2jeMEpc3vwU7VASo4fz6XYwQh8pLLG75zDiBUWAWkitmIVwxC8nYBYzMqxhlU3KrdHMTM3OK U5N1i5MT8/JSi3RN9XIzS/RSU0o3MYKCkd1FaQfjz4NKhxgFOBiVeHgFl7T4CbEmlhVX5h5i lORgUhLl/bAGKMSXlJ9SmZFYnBFfVJqTWnyIUYKDWUmEN64NKMebklhZlVqUD5OS5mBREufl 2ungJySQnliSmp2aWpBaBJOV4eBQkuCt3wDUKFiUmp5akZaZU4KQZuLgBBnOAzTcFaSGt7gg Mbc4Mx0if4pRl+PpvMcnGIVY8vLzUqXEedeAFAmAFGWU5sHNgSWRV4ziQG8J864CqeIBJiC4 Sa+AljABLfla2AiypCQRISXVwMijfTDW6M/1iIjX01cYbzy1RyntadLqU333H9g7rz8878iq uHQxE+/MVMMO76L+zYKfVR8wGRz8HDvrbHBAyh7bx/+s+/8/Xx2rczZ26QENmbqpHlm8Ph5F sSyv2idv5Fy9ZMLaQ63NDEWzCw67M6nzvVn8u2N6Y8FW56+aKfdK0xnEWrkOvFdi X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 18.7.68.34 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:144482 Archived-At: On Sep 29, 2011, at 3:49 AM, Richard Stallman wrote: > If ou want to act on a single character, why did you activate the = region? =20 >=20 > Perhaps because you wanted to go to the other side of it with C-x C-x, > is the usual reason in my case. >=20 > Another reason is, you want to do something to the region, so you mark > it, but then you decide to first insert some text at the end of it. So, only in situations where you explicitly don't want to activate the = region? Does it often happen that you change your mind about activating the=20 region? The C-x C-x case happens to me also, but rarely, and I find that `C-x C-x C-x C-x' is comfortable enough in those cases. *Chad