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: Selection changes in revno 100822 Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2010 17:24:05 +0900 Message-ID: <87tymx38m2.fsf@catnip.gol.com> References: <834oeyv3ww.fsf@gnu.org> <87mxsqyp98.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <83zkwptyij.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1281774273 5306 80.91.229.12 (14 Aug 2010 08:24:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2010 08:24:33 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Aug 14 10:24:33 2010 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 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OkC2a-0000dm-OJ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 14 Aug 2010 10:24:33 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:44404 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OkC2a-000812-6S for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 14 Aug 2010 04:24:32 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=57748 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OkC2T-0007zX-QR for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 14 Aug 2010 04:24:26 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OkC2P-0007ZS-IR for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 14 Aug 2010 04:24:25 -0400 Original-Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:60669) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OkC2P-0007ZM-Bl for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 14 Aug 2010 04:24:21 -0400 Original-Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OkC2N-0000at-Ds for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 14 Aug 2010 10:24:19 +0200 Original-Received: from 218.231.154.125.eo.eaccess.ne.jp ([218.231.154.125]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 14 Aug 2010 10:24:19 +0200 Original-Received: from miles by 218.231.154.125.eo.eaccess.ne.jp with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 14 Aug 2010 10:24:19 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 12 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 218.231.154.125.eo.eaccess.ne.jp System-Type: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu Cancel-Lock: sha1:Bl0ih1BKS1AW701VIcfWFyBy38o= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/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:128666 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: > Perhaps we should solve this inconsistency the other way around: have > shift-selected text be copied (under control of the same variable). But, then shift-selected text would be inconsistent with other methods of selection, which would be an even worse inconsistency... -Miles -- Ocean, n. A body of water covering seven-tenths of a world designed for Man - who has no gills.