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: CUA-mode features and documenation Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:48:20 +0100 Message-ID: <87ir0mz87v.fsf@kfs-lx.rd.rdm> References: <000d01c86c82$700dccc0$7051908d@us.oracle.com> <200802121430.m1CEUc6k013361@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <002601c86d8a$a0454db0$405a908d@us.oracle.com> <87tzkdnkee.fsf@kfs-lx.rd.rdm> <87ir0sonaa.fsf_-_@kfs-lx.rd.rdm> <200802131623.m1DGNrls003614@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <87odakwl2r.fsf@jurta.org> <87myq4saw1.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <878x1ov227.fsf@jurta.org> <878x1os6mt.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <47B39231.8010108@gmail.com> <200802151711.m1FHB3Y3008798@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <87odafpdie.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <47B8B427.4070003@gmail.com> <8763wnnrl3.fsf@catnip.gol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1203342517 2009 80.91.229.12 (18 Feb 2008 13:48:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:48:37 +0000 (UTC) Cc: juri@jurta.org, Dan Nicolaescu , "Lennart Borgman \(gmail\)" , rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Miles Bader Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Feb 18 14:49:00 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 1JR6Md-0003nc-R7 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:49:00 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JR6M9-00070U-Eu for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 18 Feb 2008 08:48:29 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JR6M5-00070F-CE for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Feb 2008 08:48:25 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JR6M2-000703-UD for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Feb 2008 08:48:24 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JR6M2-000700-S8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Feb 2008 08:48:22 -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 1JR6M2-0004Wf-44 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Feb 2008 08:48:22 -0500 Original-Received: (qmail 68595 invoked from network); 18 Feb 2008 13:48:21 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO kfs-lx.rd.rdm.cua.dk) (213.83.150.21) by 0 with SMTP; 18 Feb 2008 13:48:21 -0000 In-Reply-To: <8763wnnrl3.fsf@catnip.gol.com> (Miles Bader's message of "Mon\, 18 Feb 2008 07\:30\:48 +0900") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1 (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:89471 Archived-At: Miles Bader writes: >> Should the "shift-select" behaviour be reimplemented? > > I don't know how possible that is (Kim would be the person to ask I > guess), but given the "pervasive" nature of the behavior, it sounds hard > to me. cua-(selection-)mode is already the fourth implementation of the shift-select functionality that I know about (the others are: s-mark.el, s-region.el, pc-selection-mode) -- so unless there's a brilliant new way to do it, I don't see a need to do that! Of course, IMHO, cua-mode is the only implementation which does it the right way :-) -- Kim F. Storm http://www.cua.dk