From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: position on changing defaults? Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:02:14 +0900 Message-ID: References: <200803050637.m256bXL3008361@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1204700561 10051 80.91.229.12 (5 Mar 2008 07:02:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 07:02:41 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Mar 05 08:03:07 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 1JWneX-00028B-AB for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 05 Mar 2008 08:03:01 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JWndz-0007PQ-Tj for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 05 Mar 2008 02:02:27 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JWndv-0007PC-Bz for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Mar 2008 02:02:23 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JWndt-0007OS-II for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Mar 2008 02:02:22 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JWndt-0007OJ-D1 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Mar 2008 02:02:21 -0500 Original-Received: from tyo201.gate.nec.co.jp ([202.32.8.193]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JWndp-0004wn-5o; Wed, 05 Mar 2008 02:02:17 -0500 Original-Received: from relay21.aps.necel.com ([10.29.19.50]) by tyo201.gate.nec.co.jp (8.13.8/8.13.4) with ESMTP id m2572EY8002248; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 16:02:14 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from relay31.aps.necel.com ([10.29.19.20] [10.29.19.20]) by relay21.aps.necel.com with ESMTP; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 16:02:14 +0900 Original-Received: from dhapc248.dev.necel.com ([10.114.112.215] [10.114.112.215]) by relay31.aps.necel.com with ESMTP; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 16:02:14 +0900 Original-Received: by dhapc248.dev.necel.com (Postfix, from userid 31295) id 89B9758; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 16:02:14 +0900 (JST) System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu Blat: Foop In-Reply-To: <200803050637.m256bXL3008361@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> (Dan Nicolaescu's message of "Tue, 04 Mar 2008 22:37:33 -0800") Original-Lines: 20 X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 8 (1) 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:91361 Archived-At: Dan Nicolaescu writes: > Here are some examples of changes that could be made: > - transient-mark, selection with Shift-arrow keys > > - show-paren-mode on by default > - iswitchb-mode on by default > - bind ibuffer to C-x C-b > - hide-ifdef-mode on by default for C/C++/objc > - flyspell-mode on by default for text-mode I think most of those are fairly innocuous, but iswitchb-mode is not -- it changes a familiar and simple interface to something radically different that will very likely confuse newcomers and annoy old-timers. Making that the default would be a mistake. -Miles -- P.S. All information contained in the above letter is false, for reasons of military security.