From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: position on changing defaults? Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2008 08:51:28 +0900 Message-ID: <871w6k6agv.fsf@catnip.gol.com> References: <200803050637.m256bXL3008361@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <87hcfkdhqk.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87pru8enjx.fsf@kfs-lx.rd.rdm> <87wsod2f2i.fsf@kfs-lx.rd.rdm> <87iqzw3hyd.fsf@kfs-lx.rd.rdm> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1205020316 22550 80.91.229.12 (8 Mar 2008 23:51:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2008 23:51:56 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Chong Yidong , Stefan Monnier , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Mar 09 00:52:23 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JY8py-0005Q0-3z for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 09 Mar 2008 00:52:22 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JY8pQ-0003q9-Bd for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 08 Mar 2008 18:51:48 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JY8pL-0003pp-BE for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Mar 2008 18:51:43 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JY8pJ-0003pV-96 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Mar 2008 18:51:42 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JY8pJ-0003pS-6F for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Mar 2008 18:51:41 -0500 Original-Received: from smtp12.dentaku.gol.com ([203.216.5.74]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JY8pF-0000mY-61; Sat, 08 Mar 2008 18:51:37 -0500 Original-Received: from 203-216-96-086.dsl.gol.ne.jp ([203.216.96.86] helo=catnip.gol.com) by smtp12.dentaku.gol.com with esmtpa (Dentaku) id 1JY8p9-0002lc-AA; Sun, 09 Mar 2008 08:51:31 +0900 Original-Received: by catnip.gol.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 35C242FF7; Sun, 9 Mar 2008 08:51:29 +0900 (JST) System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu In-Reply-To: <87iqzw3hyd.fsf@kfs-lx.rd.rdm> (Kim F. Storm's message of "Sun, 09 Mar 2008 00:38:02 +0100") Original-Lines: 18 X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV GOL (outbound) X-Abuse-Complaints: abuse@gol.com X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:91806 Archived-At: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) writes: >>>> should be allowed to have 0-width). >>> >>> Why? >> >> Because that's how the region behaves and that's how Emacs rectangles >> behave, so it's more consistent. > > Well, I've never had a use for them in practice I have -- in fact, I use zero-width rectangles quite often, with the "C-x r t" command. -Miles -- A zen-buddhist walked into a pizza shop and said, "Make me one with everything."