From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: delete-selection-mode as default Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2018 21:46:31 -0400 Message-ID: References: <83k1nxvm5j.fsf@gnu.org> <87sh2ih0bp.fsf@fastmail.fm> <770f48a8-664a-40ae-8e03-19f6aad248b6@default> <20180910181615.GA4829@ACM> <874lev3bq4.fsf@toy.adminart.net> <20180912131602.GA5582@ACM> <87d0tihxzw.fsf@toy.adminart.net> <20180913174640.GB4019@ACM> <8736udkuit.fsf@toy.adminart.net> <20180914104833.GA4103@ACM> <83k1nojgia.fsf@gnu.org> <874leq799e.fsf@toy.adminart.net> <835zz5ie17.fsf@gnu.org> <87musg0wyf.fsf@toy.adminart.net> <83va73f0mv.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=Utf-8 X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1537407927 1658 195.159.176.226 (20 Sep 2018 01:45:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2018 01:45:27 +0000 (UTC) Cc: hw@adminart.net, spacibba@aol.com, joostkremers@fastmail.fm, npostavs@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org, acm@muc.de, eliz@gnu.org, drew.adams@oracle.com, phillip.lord@russet.org.uk To: Yuri Khan Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Sep 20 03:45:22 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1g2o1y-0000Kt-EC for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 20 Sep 2018 03:45:22 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:47951 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1g2o45-0000hQ-63 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 19 Sep 2018 21:47:33 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:49755) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1g2o3I-0000h9-PR for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 19 Sep 2018 21:46:45 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1g2o3H-0000hm-PE for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 19 Sep 2018 21:46:44 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:48814) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1g2o35-0000O8-Qt; Wed, 19 Sep 2018 21:46:31 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1g2o35-0007le-Je; Wed, 19 Sep 2018 21:46:31 -0400 In-Reply-To: (message from Yuri Khan on Tue, 18 Sep 2018 20:14:41 +0700) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:229975 Archived-At: [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider ]]] [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]] > some text without replacing the selection. > C-g C-S-g If C-S-g were given a suitable definition, that command sequence would do what you have in mind. However, it requires typing two extra characters, so it is an inconvenience in something that is currently easy and natural. It also requires remembering more. Sorry, I won't go along. -- Dr Richard Stallman President, Free Software Foundation (https://gnu.org, https://fsf.org) Internet Hall-of-Famer (https://internethalloffame.org)