From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: delete-selection-mode as default (WAS: Some developement questions) Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2018 11:08:52 +0300 Message-ID: <83zhwomp63.fsf@gnu.org> References: <83k1nxvm5j.fsf@gnu.org> <87sh2ih0bp.fsf@fastmail.fm> <83o9d5q1bi.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1536653339 4259 195.159.176.226 (11 Sep 2018 08:08:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2018 08:08:59 +0000 (UTC) Cc: hw@adminart.net, spacibba@aol.com, joostkremers@fastmail.fm, npostavs@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org, drew.adams@oracle.com, phillip.lord@russet.org.uk To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Sep 11 10:08:54 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fzdjA-00010d-VI for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 11 Sep 2018 10:08:53 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56030 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fzdlH-0007Oo-Ge for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 11 Sep 2018 04:11:03 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34182) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fzdl5-0007Nk-2M for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Sep 2018 04:10:51 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fzdl1-0006EW-UV for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Sep 2018 04:10:51 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:34229) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fzdjH-0003vw-Bj; Tue, 11 Sep 2018 04:08:59 -0400 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=3113 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1fzdj2-00067d-6o; Tue, 11 Sep 2018 04:08:45 -0400 In-reply-to: (message from Richard Stallman on Tue, 11 Sep 2018 00:22:18 -0400) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 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" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:229666 Archived-At: > From: Richard Stallman > Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2018 00:22:18 -0400 > Cc: hw@adminart.net, spacibba@aol.com, joostkremers@fastmail.fm, > npostavs@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org, drew.adams@oracle.com, > phillip.lord@russet.org.uk > > What I want to happen after I make a region with ordinary Emacs > commands, including C-SPC M-f and C-x C-x, is this: > > * It is active. > * It is highlighted. > * DEL does not delete it. > * self-insert does not delete it. Can you tell why you need it active and highlighted? Because otherwise, this is tantamount to turning off transient-mark-mode.