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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: hw <hw@adminart.net>
Cc: spacibba@aol.com, joostkremers@fastmail.fm, npostavs@gmail.com,
	emacs-devel@gnu.org, Yuri Khan <yurivkhan@gmail.com>,
	acm@muc.de, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>,
	phillip.lord@russet.org.uk
Subject: RE: delete-selection-mode as default
Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2018 20:34:12 -0700 (PDT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <aedad52c-aaf1-414d-bc8c-8e7d0284f4c8@default> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87in363zgq.fsf@toy.adminart.net>

> So there are a few things to note:
>
> + start and end marker of a selection do not need to be visible
> + the selection is entirely independent from navigation
> + the selection is persistent
> + the start marker is being remembered after the selection has been used
> + I can move, type and edit normally without endangering the selection
>   as if it wasn't there

Dunno what you mean by the 4th one. (Perhaps you mean that
you can navigate back to it?)

But all of the others, at least, are true of the secondary selection.
That's why I said that I think the sec. sel. is the closest thing
Emacs has that corresponds to the behavior you expect.

> The cursor is always visible in joe.  That doesn't mean that a selection
> can not be persistent or that its end must always be visible.  This is
> an Emacs problem because sticking to "the region" makes Emacs
> inflexible.

I meant that Emacs always has point as one end of the region,
and because (like editors typically) the cursor is always visible
on the screen, so the point end of the region is always on
screen.

There is no association between the secondary selection and
point, so the entire sec. sel. can move off screen. And it is
"persistent" in the sense I think you mean (as opposed persisting
across Emacs sessions).



  reply	other threads:[~2018-09-16  3:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 253+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-09-07  0:32 delete-selection-mode as default (WAS: Some developement questions) Noam Postavsky
2018-09-07  0:35 ` Drew Adams
2018-09-07  6:47 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-07  9:18   ` delete-selection-mode as default hw
2018-09-07 13:16     ` Clément Pit-Claudel
2018-09-07 13:28       ` Robert Pluim
2018-09-07 13:47         ` Dmitry Gutov
2018-09-07 13:50         ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-07 14:16           ` Robert Pluim
2018-09-07 16:02             ` Drew Adams
2018-09-07 17:08               ` Robert Pluim
2018-09-07 20:28                 ` Jostein Kjønigsen
2018-09-07 14:22           ` Stefan Monnier
2018-09-08 23:11             ` Juri Linkov
2018-09-09  5:49               ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-09 16:16                 ` Juri Linkov
2018-09-09 14:22               ` Drew Adams
2018-09-16 23:34             ` Juri Linkov
2018-09-17  0:36               ` Drew Adams
2018-09-17 22:37                 ` Juri Linkov
2018-09-17 23:12                   ` Drew Adams
2018-09-17 23:21                     ` Juri Linkov
2018-09-17 23:36                       ` Drew Adams
2018-09-19  6:53                   ` Jostein Kjønigsen
2018-09-19 22:44                     ` Juri Linkov
2018-09-07 14:39       ` hw
2018-09-07 16:27         ` Drew Adams
2018-09-08 17:37         ` Clément Pit-Claudel
2018-09-09  5:15           ` hw
2018-09-08  5:14       ` Richard Stallman
2018-09-08 11:32         ` Elias Mårtenson
2018-09-08 14:01           ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-08 15:52           ` hw
2018-09-08 19:31             ` Charles A. Roelli
2018-09-09  3:19               ` Drew Adams
2018-09-09  6:08               ` Richard Stallman
2018-09-09 14:48                 ` Drew Adams
2018-09-10 11:50                   ` hw
2018-09-11  4:25                     ` Richard Stallman
2018-09-10  7:52                 ` hw
2018-09-10 11:52               ` visual-region-mode? (was: delete-selection-mode as default) hw
2018-09-10 20:02                 ` Charles A. Roelli
2018-09-11  5:43                   ` Yuri Khan
2018-09-11 18:25                     ` Charles A. Roelli
2018-09-12  5:12                       ` Yuri Khan
2018-09-12  6:59                         ` visual-region-mode? Andreas Schwab
2018-09-12  7:12                           ` visual-region-mode? Yuri Khan
2018-09-12  7:44                             ` visual-region-mode? Andreas Schwab
2018-09-12 18:31                         ` visual-region-mode? (was: delete-selection-mode as default) Charles A. Roelli
2018-09-16 22:55                     ` visual-region-mode? Juri Linkov
2018-09-11 21:56                   ` visual-region-mode? hw
2018-09-12 19:47                     ` visual-region-mode? Charles A. Roelli
2018-09-12 20:40                       ` visual-region-mode? Drew Adams
2018-09-12 20:50                       ` visual-region-mode? Juri Linkov
2018-09-13  4:01                         ` visual-region-mode? hw
2018-09-13  4:00                       ` visual-region-mode? hw
2018-09-13 17:22                         ` visual-region-mode? Alan Mackenzie
2018-09-13 20:08                           ` visual-region-mode? hw
2018-09-13 20:42                         ` visual-region-mode? Charles A. Roelli
2018-09-15 19:21                           ` visual-region-mode? hw
2018-09-16 19:31                             ` visual-region-mode? Charles A. Roelli
2018-09-17 20:36                               ` visual-region-mode? hw
2018-09-17 22:24                                 ` visual-region-mode? Drew Adams
2018-09-17 23:11                                   ` visual-region-mode? hw
2018-09-18  0:11                                     ` visual-region-mode? Juri Linkov
2018-09-18 12:32                                     ` visual-region-mode? Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-18 19:22                                 ` visual-region-mode? Charles A. Roelli
2018-09-19  1:45                                   ` visual-region-mode? hw
2018-09-19 19:22                                     ` visual-region-mode? Charles A. Roelli
2018-09-19 20:04                                       ` visual-region-mode? hw
2018-09-20 18:14                                         ` visual-region-mode? Charles A. Roelli
2018-09-21 20:28                                           ` visual-region-mode? hw
2018-09-24 17:42                                             ` visual-region-mode? Charles A. Roelli
2018-09-24 18:07                                               ` visual-region-mode? Yuri Khan
2018-09-29 11:18                                                 ` visual-region-mode? Charles A. Roelli
2018-10-03 13:13                                                   ` visual-region-mode? hw
2018-10-04 20:20                                                     ` visual-region-mode? Charles A. Roelli
2018-09-26 22:00                                               ` visual-region-mode? hw
2018-09-27 21:01                                                 ` visual-region-mode? Charles A. Roelli
2018-10-03 13:59                                                   ` visual-region-mode? hw
2018-09-24 20:24                                             ` visual-region-mode? Alan Mackenzie
2018-09-26 18:12                                               ` visual-region-mode? Charles A. Roelli
2018-09-26 22:45                                               ` visual-region-mode? hw
2018-09-27 17:26                                                 ` visual-region-mode? Alan Mackenzie
2018-10-03 15:43                                                   ` visual-region-mode? hw
2018-10-03 17:03                                                     ` visual-region-mode? Alan Mackenzie
     [not found]                                             ` <<m2ftxy3i79.fsf@aurox.ch>
2018-09-24 20:39                                               ` visual-region-mode? Drew Adams
2018-09-12 20:27                     ` visual-region-mode? Juri Linkov
2018-09-08 18:16           ` delete-selection-mode as default Dmitry Gutov
2018-09-09  7:42             ` Elias Mårtenson
2018-09-09 14:25               ` Clément Pit-Claudel
2018-09-07  9:40   ` delete-selection-mode as default (WAS: Some developement questions) Phil Sainty
2018-09-07 13:41     ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-08 11:37       ` Phil Sainty
2018-09-08 14:04         ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-07 15:35     ` Drew Adams
2018-09-07 16:16       ` Yuri Khan
2018-09-07 19:01   ` tomas
2018-09-07 19:23     ` Drew Adams
2018-09-07 20:28       ` tomas
2018-09-08 23:19         ` delete-selection-mode as default Juri Linkov
2018-09-09  8:02           ` tomas
2018-09-07 20:33     ` delete-selection-mode as default (WAS: Some developement questions) Noam Postavsky
2018-09-07 21:31       ` tomas
2018-09-10  8:01         ` delete-selection-mode as default Robert Pluim
2018-09-10  8:09           ` tomas
2018-09-09 13:45   ` delete-selection-mode as default (WAS: Some developement questions) Alan Mackenzie
2018-09-09 14:22     ` Clément Pit-Claudel
2018-09-09 15:12     ` Drew Adams
2018-09-10 11:42     ` delete-selection-mode as default Filipp Gunbin
2018-09-09 20:39   ` delete-selection-mode as default (WAS: Some developement questions) Joost Kremers
2018-09-09 22:24     ` Drew Adams
2018-09-10  3:08       ` Phil Sainty
2018-09-10  3:17         ` Drew Adams
2018-09-10  5:15       ` Bingo
2018-09-10 13:34         ` delete-selection-mode as default Stefan Monnier
2018-09-10  8:46       ` hw
2018-09-10 18:16       ` delete-selection-mode as default (WAS: Some developement questions) Alan Mackenzie
2018-09-10 18:35         ` Clément Pit-Claudel
2018-09-10 19:19           ` Alan Mackenzie
2018-09-10 20:36         ` Drew Adams
2018-09-11 22:34           ` delete-selection-mode as default hw
2018-09-12  0:04             ` Drew Adams
2018-09-13  2:58               ` hw
2018-09-12 13:16             ` Alan Mackenzie
2018-09-12 13:41               ` Drew Adams
2018-09-12 14:53                 ` Alan Mackenzie
2018-09-12 15:51               ` Yuri Khan
2018-09-12 15:59                 ` Alan Mackenzie
2018-09-12 16:36                   ` Yuri Khan
2018-09-13  3:59               ` Elias Mårtenson
2018-09-13  4:16               ` hw
2018-09-13 17:46                 ` Alan Mackenzie
2018-09-13 20:32                   ` hw
2018-09-14 10:48                     ` Alan Mackenzie
2018-09-14 13:41                       ` Yuri Khan
2018-09-14 14:03                         ` Alan Mackenzie
2018-09-14 15:37                           ` Yuri Khan
2018-09-14 14:29                         ` Phil Sainty
2018-09-14 14:32                           ` Phil Sainty
2018-09-14 14:33                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-14 15:23                           ` Drew Adams
2018-09-14 18:49                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-15 21:20                             ` hw
2018-09-15 22:37                           ` hw
2018-09-16  0:22                             ` Drew Adams
2018-09-16  3:15                               ` hw
2018-09-16  3:34                                 ` Drew Adams [this message]
2018-09-16 13:48                                   ` hw
2018-09-16 14:14                                     ` Alan Mackenzie
2018-09-17 21:00                                       ` hw
2018-09-16 15:28                                     ` Yuri Khan
2018-09-16 16:30                                     ` Drew Adams
2018-09-16 16:59                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-16 18:20                                       ` Yuri Khan
2018-09-16 18:49                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-16 20:17                                         ` Drew Adams
2018-09-17 21:22                                       ` hw
2018-09-18 12:14                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-18 23:45                                           ` hw
2018-09-19  5:41                                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-19 20:09                                               ` hw
     [not found]                                     ` <<831s9tidjc.fsf@gnu.org>
2018-09-16 18:04                                       ` Drew Adams
2018-09-16 18:17                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
     [not found]                                         ` <<83va75gvc8.fsf@gnu.org>
2018-09-16 20:14                                           ` Drew Adams
     [not found]                                       ` <<CAP_d_8VcFjkQQxzgv+XUheE4Q33vNgbuGpGwtv2-dOEBuK7OeQ@mail.gmail.com>
     [not found]                                         ` <<83tvmpgtwe.fsf@gnu.org>
2018-09-16 20:29                                           ` Drew Adams
2018-09-17  5:28                                             ` Yuri Khan
2018-09-16  8:06                                 ` Yuri Khan
2018-09-16 13:36                                   ` hw
2018-09-16 16:48                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-17 22:11                               ` hw
2018-09-17 22:44                                 ` Drew Adams
2018-09-17 23:30                                   ` hw
2018-09-18 12:31                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-18 13:14                                   ` Yuri Khan
2018-09-18 14:14                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-18 15:28                                       ` Yuri Khan
2018-09-18 15:37                                         ` Drew Adams
2018-09-18 16:49                                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-18 16:46                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-20  1:46                                     ` Richard Stallman
2018-09-20  5:45                                       ` Yuri Khan
2018-09-19  2:26                                   ` hw
2018-09-19  6:38                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-19 20:36                                       ` hw
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2018-09-18 17:42                                             ` Drew Adams
2018-09-18 18:30                                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-18 19:15                                                 ` Alan Mackenzie
2018-09-14 15:15                         ` Elias Mårtenson
2018-09-14 14:33                       ` Drew Adams
2018-09-15 21:59                         ` hw
2018-09-15 20:31                       ` hw
2018-09-11 23:30           ` Juri Linkov
2018-09-12  0:13             ` Drew Adams
2018-09-10  7:05     ` delete-selection-mode as default (WAS: Some developement questions) Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-10 13:41       ` delete-selection-mode as default Stefan Monnier
2018-09-10 14:01         ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-10 14:19           ` Stefan Monnier
2018-09-10 14:24         ` Drew Adams
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2018-09-10 14:30           ` Drew Adams
2018-09-10 14:54             ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-10 16:09             ` Yuri Khan
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2018-09-10 15:25               ` Drew Adams
2018-09-11  4:22       ` delete-selection-mode as default (WAS: Some developement questions) Richard Stallman
2018-09-11  7:48         ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-12  0:33           ` Richard Stallman
2018-09-11  8:08         ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-12  0:33           ` Richard Stallman
2018-09-12 14:07             ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-11 12:36         ` delete-selection-mode as default Stefan Monnier
2018-09-11 23:09           ` hw
2018-09-12  0:33           ` Richard Stallman
2018-09-12 13:23             ` Stefan Monnier
2018-09-13  3:33               ` Richard Stallman
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2018-09-14 20:57                               ` Drew Adams
2018-09-15  7:50                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-15 10:20                                   ` Alan Mackenzie
2018-09-15 10:56                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-15 19:44                                     ` Ergus
2018-09-15 20:01                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-16  0:29                                         ` Ergus
2018-09-16 16:55                                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-16 10:52                                       ` Alan Mackenzie
     [not found]                                         ` <3D72B095-01EC-4E7D-90F9-5691AEFE16DC@aol.com>
2018-09-17  2:17                                           ` Alan Mackenzie
2018-09-17  5:46                                             ` Elias Mårtenson
2018-09-17 18:37                                               ` Alan Mackenzie
2018-09-17 19:57                                               ` hw
2018-09-17 22:56                                                 ` Drew Adams
2018-09-15 15:02                                   ` Stefan Monnier
2018-09-15 15:27                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-15 18:30                                       ` Stefan Monnier
2018-09-15 20:04                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-16  3:14                                     ` Richard Stallman
     [not found]                                 ` <<83zhwji4hx.fsf@gnu.org>
2018-09-17  0:55                                   ` Drew Adams
2018-10-03  0:22                                     ` Richard Stallman
2018-10-03 17:38                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-08  5:13 ` delete-selection-mode as default (WAS: Some developement questions) Richard Stallman
2018-09-08 14:54   ` Drew Adams
2018-09-09  1:23     ` Ergus
2018-09-08 17:25   ` Clément Pit-Claudel
2018-09-08 18:08   ` delete-selection-mode as default Stefan Monnier
2018-09-09  6:08     ` Richard Stallman
2018-09-09  7:56       ` Yuri Khan
2018-09-09 14:33       ` Drew Adams
2018-09-10  5:47         ` Richard Stallman
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2018-09-08  3:46 delete-selection-mode as default (WAS: Some developement questions) Bingo
2018-09-08 15:03 ` delete-selection-mode as default hw
2018-09-08 16:15   ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-08 23:27     ` hw
2018-09-09  1:15       ` Phil Sainty
2018-09-09  3:33         ` Drew Adams
2018-09-09 17:41         ` hw
2018-09-08 16:31   ` Bingo
2018-09-10  2:33     ` hw

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