From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: position on changing defaults? Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2008 20:12:48 +0100 Message-ID: <871w6l3u8f.fsf@kfs-lx.rd.rdm> References: <200803050637.m256bXL3008361@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <87hcfkdhqk.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87pru8enjx.fsf@kfs-lx.rd.rdm> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1205003591 6185 80.91.229.12 (8 Mar 2008 19:13:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2008 19:13:11 +0000 (UTC) Cc: cyd@stupidchicken.com, Stefan Monnier , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Mar 08 20:13:38 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 1JY4UC-0008BE-Le for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 08 Mar 2008 20:13:36 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JY4Te-0000e7-Hy for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 08 Mar 2008 14:13:02 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JY4Ta-0000dc-EC for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Mar 2008 14:12:58 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JY4TY-0000d7-Ul for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Mar 2008 14:12:58 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JY4TY-0000d4-OE for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Mar 2008 14:12:56 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-relay.sonofon.dk ([212.88.64.25]) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JY4TY-0006as-74 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Mar 2008 14:12:56 -0500 Original-Received: (qmail 8611 invoked from network); 8 Mar 2008 19:12:55 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO kfs-lx.rd.rdm.cua.dk) (213.83.150.21) by 0 with SMTP; 8 Mar 2008 19:12:55 -0000 In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Sat\, 08 Mar 2008 12\:40\:32 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1.91 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: FreeBSD 4.6-4.9 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:91751 Archived-At: Richard Stallman writes: > > It also gives you the rectangle highlighting (which I think most > > users would agree is quite useful) combined with the ability to > > use the normal region kill, copy and yank keys also for rectangles. > > So there's no need to learn a different command set for rectangles! > > That is a separate feature, and a major change in Emacs's region > mechanism. It may be good, but it calls for careful discussion and > thought. We should not adopt such a change because it came along > with some other feature. Unless you explicitly hit C-RET, you'll never notice it's there. And I don't suggest removing the old rectangle commands... -- Kim F. Storm http://www.cua.dk