From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Juri Linkov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: CUA-mode features and documenation Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:45:16 +0200 Organization: JURTA Message-ID: <87odakwl2r.fsf@jurta.org> 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> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1202943243 18303 80.91.229.12 (13 Feb 2008 22:54:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:54:03 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, storm@cua.dk To: Dan Nicolaescu Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Feb 13 23:54:23 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 1JPQUf-00070s-Ty for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 13 Feb 2008 23:54:22 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JPQUC-0000nE-3e for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:53:52 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JPQTU-00005i-Eq for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:53:08 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JPQTS-0008Vq-Rn for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:53:07 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JPQTS-0008Vl-GH for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:53:06 -0500 Original-Received: from relay02.kiev.sovam.com ([62.64.120.197]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JPQTS-0000l9-5M for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:53:06 -0500 Original-Received: from [83.170.232.243] (helo=smtp.svitonline.com) by relay02.kiev.sovam.com with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1JPQTD-000Luh-6h; Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:52:52 +0200 In-Reply-To: <200802131623.m1DGNrls003614@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> (Dan Nicolaescu's message of "Wed, 13 Feb 2008 08:23:52 -0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-Scanner-Signature: 485d3c07c5d69b41d1cad5b5ab8b481e X-DrWeb-checked: yes X-SpamTest-Envelope-From: juri@jurta.org X-SpamTest-Group-ID: 00000000 X-SpamTest-Header: Not Detected X-SpamTest-Info: Profiles 2234 [Feb 13 2008] X-SpamTest-Info: helo_type=3 X-SpamTest-Info: {HEADERS: header Content-Type found without required header Content-Transfer-Encoding} X-SpamTest-Method: none X-SpamTest-Rate: 11 X-SpamTest-Status: Not detected X-SpamTest-Status-Extended: not_detected X-SpamTest-Version: SMTP-Filter Version 3.0.0 [0255], KAS30/Release X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: FreeBSD 4.8-5.1 (or MacOS X 10.2-10.3) 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:88996 Archived-At: > What this does not document is `cua-selection-mode', which, IMHO, we > should promote as a replacement for pc-selection-mode. > cua-selection-mode does not change the meaning of C-x / C-v, but it does > offer the delete-selection-mode + Shif-ARROW_KEY selects region behavior > that is now used by the vast majority of desktop applications (including > Gnome, KDE). I think `cua-selection-mode' is so useful that it should be added to the `Options' menu instead of `Active Region Highlighting'. -- Juri Linkov http://www.jurta.org/emacs/