From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Shift selection using interactive spec Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:16:06 -0400 Message-ID: <87zlswp17d.fsf@stupidchicken.com> References: <87k5k69p92.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <200803140408.m2E47hPU014494@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <87prtxpekk.fsf@kfs-lx.rd.rdm> <87abl11ilo.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <874pb9koyw.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87od9gzqv9.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87bq5gytbi.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <8763vndi0r.fsf@kfs-lx.rd.rdm> <87hcf6ratt.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <878x0if9ul.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87od9e9gnx.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <873aqp5mzs.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87lk4h3vm5.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87r6e8fefe.fsf@kfs-lx.rd.rdm> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1205849850 21511 80.91.229.12 (18 Mar 2008 14:17:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:17:30 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Dan Nicolaescu , Stefan Monnier , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Mar 18 15:17:48 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 1JbccU-0005GI-SY for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:16:51 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Jbcbu-0001RY-Na for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:16:14 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Jbcbr-0001RR-4T for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:16:11 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Jbcbp-0001RC-Lb for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:16:10 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Jbcbp-0001R9-GA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:16:09 -0400 Original-Received: from c-98-216-111-182.hsd1.ma.comcast.net ([98.216.111.182] helo=furry) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Jbcbp-0007QO-Ai for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:16:09 -0400 Original-Received: by furry (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 07D83C03C; Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:16:06 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <87r6e8fefe.fsf@kfs-lx.rd.rdm> (Kim F. Storm's message of "Tue\, 18 Mar 2008 12\:40\:37 +0100") 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 (newer, 2) 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:92887 Archived-At: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) writes: > The t-m-m 'only stuff was added in Emacs 23.x, so it's ok to > undo that particular change and replace it by something else. > > More radical changes that would break code which works with 22.x > is IMO not an option. > > So IMO the proposal below is simply too radical a change re. backwards > compatibility. Actually, the `only' stuff is in Emacs 22 also; it's used by mouse selection.