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: delete-selection-mode (was: FW: commands to select things of different kinds) Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 12:10:37 +0200 Message-ID: <87zlroq1k2.fsf@kfs-lx.rd.rdm> References: <004a01c8a1a0$7215cdd0$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> <878wz9btq8.fsf@jurta.org> <85fxthy4qp.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <87hcdxz9zr.fsf_-_@jurta.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1208686277 30053 80.91.229.12 (20 Apr 2008 10:11:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 10:11:17 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, rms@gnu.org, drew.adams@oracle.com, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca To: Juri Linkov Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Apr 20 12:11:50 2008 connect(): Connection refused 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 1JnWWQ-0007dC-Mz for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 20 Apr 2008 12:11:46 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JnWVl-0008DX-91 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 20 Apr 2008 06:11:05 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JnWVf-0008Ch-F8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Apr 2008 06:10:59 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JnWVe-0008CD-1k for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Apr 2008 06:10:58 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JnWVd-0008CA-TY for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Apr 2008 06:10:57 -0400 Original-Received: from pfepb.post.tele.dk ([195.41.46.236]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JnWVX-0005Zt-K3; Sun, 20 Apr 2008 06:10:51 -0400 Original-Received: from kfs-lx.rd.rdm.cua.dk (0x503e2644.bynxx19.adsl-dhcp.tele.dk [80.62.38.68]) by pfepb.post.tele.dk (Postfix) with SMTP id 3B920F84046; Sun, 20 Apr 2008 12:10:38 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: <87hcdxz9zr.fsf_-_@jurta.org> (Juri Linkov's message of "Sun\, 20 Apr 2008 02\:43\:36 +0300") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1.92 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:95513 Archived-At: Juri Linkov writes: >> I am very much against enabling delete-selection-mode by default. > > I am very surprised. What could be a reason not to delete the region > after typing a character when this region was intentionally activated > specially for doing this. This is why I was very much against enabling shift-select mode by default without also enabling delete-selection-mode by default. -- Kim F. Storm http://www.cua.dk