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: CUA-mode features and documenation Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 04:51:53 +0900 Message-ID: <87odafpdie.fsf@catnip.gol.com> 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> 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 1203277967 20683 80.91.229.12 (17 Feb 2008 19:52:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 19:52:47 +0000 (UTC) Cc: juri@jurta.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org, Dan Nicolaescu , lennart.borgman@gmail.com, storm@cua.dk To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Feb 17 20:53:10 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 1JQpZV-0002iA-Uk for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 20:53:10 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JQpZ1-0004Q7-RQ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 14:52:39 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JQpYb-0003ux-2E for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 14:52:13 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JQpYX-0003q1-7D for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 14:52:11 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JQpYW-0003pr-SR for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 14:52:09 -0500 Original-Received: from smtp11.dentaku.gol.com ([203.216.5.73]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JQpYO-0003xl-2A; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 14:52:00 -0500 Original-Received: from 203-216-97-023.dsl.gol.ne.jp ([203.216.97.23] helo=catnip.gol.com) by smtp11.dentaku.gol.com with esmtpa (Dentaku) id 1JQpYH-0001oL-PY; Mon, 18 Feb 2008 04:51:53 +0900 Original-Received: by catnip.gol.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 32E742FF7; Mon, 18 Feb 2008 04:51:53 +0900 (JST) System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Sun, 17 Feb 2008 08:22:04 -0500") Original-Lines: 17 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:89387 Archived-At: Richard Stallman writes: > This might be a superior for Delete Selection mode. > If we want to promote it that way, we should choose a better > name that CUA Selection mode, because most people won't know > what "CUA" means. cua-selection-mode is far more intrusive though, as it adds "shift-select" behavior (all shifted movement keys implicitly set and activate the mark if it hasn't already been activated). To implement that behavior both adds a post-command hook, and rebinds a bunch of very common commands. -Miles -- Conservative, n. A statesman enamored of existing evils, as opposed to a Liberal, who wants to replace them with new ones.