From: Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>,
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>,
emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: C-d deleting region considered harmful
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2010 03:53:36 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <AANLkTinViY0aF4as7=0_M9-p0gBjn3jXJVZBD-Z24PC1@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <46A82312A6054C6CBE236873622F044B@us.oracle.com>
On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 3:44 AM, Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> wrote:
>> for `delete' we already decided that it should delete an
>> active region (by default).
>
> I see. Where/when was that decided?
>
> That's too bad. C-d and <delete> should just delete the next char.
I personally don't care what happens to <delete> (I never, ever, use
it), but to be fair, I think there is a case for it having the "delete
region" functionality: (1) it seems to do that on "other" software,
and (2) It's the only key on most keyboards that's actually labelled
"delete", so it's not surprising that naive users might expect it to
delete the region they just carefully selected...
[and again, neither is true of "C-d"...]
-Miles
--
Cat is power. Cat is peace.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-09-18 18:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 133+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-09-18 1:49 C-d deleting region considered harmful Miles Bader
2010-09-18 3:06 ` Miles Bader
2010-09-18 14:53 ` Drew Adams
2010-09-18 8:34 ` Stefan Monnier
2010-09-18 15:00 ` Drew Adams
2010-09-18 19:22 ` Chong Yidong
2010-09-20 16:11 ` Chong Yidong
2010-09-18 9:24 ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-09-18 9:45 ` David Kastrup
2010-09-18 10:06 ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-09-18 10:15 ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-09-18 12:02 ` Sebastian Rose
2010-09-18 15:26 ` Drew Adams
2010-09-18 16:14 ` Christoph
2010-09-18 16:20 ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-09-18 16:25 ` Christoph
2010-09-18 19:41 ` Sebastian Rose
2010-09-18 19:45 ` Christoph
2010-09-19 14:17 ` Sebastian Rose
2010-09-19 14:23 ` Christoph
2010-09-19 14:46 ` Sebastian Rose
2010-09-19 21:02 ` Christoph
2010-09-19 21:28 ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-09-19 23:26 ` Christoph
2010-09-20 6:52 ` David Kastrup
2010-09-19 21:39 ` Sebastian Rose
2010-09-19 23:39 ` David De La Harpe Golden
2010-09-19 23:46 ` Christoph
2010-09-18 15:15 ` Drew Adams
2010-09-18 14:21 ` Miles Bader
2010-09-18 15:05 ` Drew Adams
2010-09-18 16:04 ` Stefan Monnier
2010-09-18 18:44 ` Drew Adams
2010-09-18 18:53 ` Miles Bader [this message]
2010-09-18 19:11 ` Drew Adams
2010-09-20 0:16 ` Richard Stallman
2010-09-20 0:22 ` Lennart Borgman
2010-09-20 3:10 ` Drew Adams
2010-09-20 11:51 ` Lennart Borgman
2010-09-20 7:56 ` Bastien
2010-09-20 10:43 ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-09-20 11:21 ` Bastien
2010-09-20 11:34 ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-09-20 12:07 ` David Kastrup
2010-09-20 12:35 ` Deniz Dogan
2010-09-20 12:37 ` David Kastrup
2010-09-20 12:56 ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-09-20 12:55 ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-09-22 0:56 ` Richard Stallman
2010-09-22 5:11 ` Miles Bader
2010-09-23 0:58 ` Richard Stallman
2010-09-20 1:24 ` Miles Bader
2010-09-21 0:56 ` Richard Stallman
2010-09-21 1:01 ` Lennart Borgman
2010-09-21 7:51 ` David Kastrup
2010-09-21 8:19 ` PJ Weisberg
2010-09-21 1:30 ` Miles Bader
2010-09-21 1:47 ` Leo
2010-09-21 2:42 ` Miles Bader
2010-09-18 16:47 ` Christoph
2010-09-18 18:44 ` Drew Adams
2010-09-18 18:50 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-18 19:13 ` Drew Adams
2010-09-18 19:16 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-18 19:39 ` Drew Adams
2010-09-19 6:31 ` David Kastrup
2010-09-19 11:07 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-19 11:23 ` David Kastrup
2010-09-18 20:42 ` Sebastian Rose
2010-09-18 20:22 ` Sebastian Rose
2010-09-18 14:29 ` Drew Adams
2010-09-18 15:07 ` Bastien
2010-09-18 15:52 ` Christoph
2010-09-18 18:40 ` Miles Bader
2010-09-18 18:47 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-18 19:09 ` Miles Bader
2010-09-18 21:18 ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-09-19 14:00 ` Christoph
2010-09-19 14:07 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-19 18:00 ` Chad Brown
2010-09-19 18:21 ` Wojciech Meyer
2010-09-19 18:24 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-19 20:06 ` Should C-x C-x activate the region? [was: C-d deleting region considered harmful] Drew Adams
2010-09-19 20:37 ` David Reitter
2010-09-21 0:55 ` Richard Stallman
2010-09-20 1:21 ` C-d deleting region considered harmful Miles Bader
2010-09-20 6:59 ` David Kastrup
2010-09-20 13:43 ` Drew Adams
2010-09-20 16:02 ` Miles Bader
2010-09-20 7:12 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-09-20 7:20 ` David Kastrup
2010-09-20 16:34 ` Chad Brown
2010-09-20 22:09 ` C-x C-x (was: C-d deleting region considered harmful) Stefan Monnier
2010-09-20 22:46 ` Chad Brown
2010-09-21 0:17 ` C-x C-x Chong Yidong
2010-09-21 20:52 ` Johan Bockgård
2010-09-21 0:28 ` C-x C-x (was: C-d deleting region considered harmful) Andrew W. Nosenko
2010-09-21 1:06 ` Andrew W. Nosenko
2010-09-21 7:49 ` C-x C-x David Kastrup
2010-09-21 9:22 ` Andrew W. Nosenko
2010-09-21 9:40 ` David Kastrup
2010-09-24 23:59 ` Andrew W. Nosenko
2010-09-21 7:25 ` C-x C-x (was: C-d deleting region considered harmful) Thierry Volpiatto
2010-09-21 1:03 ` C-d deleting region considered harmful Miles Bader
2010-09-21 19:12 ` Chad Brown
2010-09-19 18:59 ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-09-19 19:14 ` Alan Mackenzie
2010-09-19 21:27 ` Sebastian Rose
2010-09-19 14:12 ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-09-19 21:11 ` Christoph
2010-09-21 6:29 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2010-09-21 8:04 ` David Kastrup
2010-09-21 8:23 ` Leo
2010-09-21 8:52 ` Deniz Dogan
2010-09-21 9:20 ` Leo
2010-09-21 9:56 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2010-09-18 20:23 ` Christoph
2010-09-19 6:28 ` David Kastrup
2010-09-19 12:40 ` Drew Adams
2010-09-19 13:38 ` Christoph
2010-09-19 14:06 ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-09-19 19:18 ` David Kastrup
2010-09-19 19:58 ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-09-22 9:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-09-19 13:55 ` Sebastian Rose
2010-09-19 14:23 ` Christoph
2010-09-18 18:44 ` Drew Adams
2010-09-19 1:05 ` Richard Stallman
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2010-09-18 11:55 dhruva
2010-09-18 14:22 ` Miles Bader
2010-09-18 15:18 ` Drew Adams
2010-09-18 17:48 ` David Kastrup
2010-09-18 19:24 ` Drew Adams
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