From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lennart Borgman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: AW: delete-selection-mode Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:14:11 +0100 Message-ID: References: <7697A57B1AD9104F993CDF6A5B69430C0A70E50872@CORPMAIL08.corp.capgemini.com> <4BA0CDF9.40707@online.de> <76682E4761EA432EB929E5E199B0F92A@us.oracle.com> <87wrxb57e1.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <87sk7z571u.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <81674B067AF84670A2EDDB0178E0C0CC@us.oracle.com> <877hpa68ys.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <874oke4kor.fsf@stupidchicken.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1268867688 21751 80.91.229.12 (17 Mar 2010 23:14:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:14:48 +0000 (UTC) Cc: David Kastrup , Stefan Monnier , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Chong Yidong Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Mar 18 00:14:43 2010 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 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ns2Rm-0001zK-6w for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:14:42 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:48405 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ns2Rl-0007ZR-IP for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:14:41 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Ns2Rf-0007Xq-N9 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:14:35 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=51930 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ns2Re-0007Vg-AS for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:14:35 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ns2Rc-0004Ql-MY for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:14:34 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-fx0-f210.google.com ([209.85.220.210]:39321) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ns2Rc-0004Qf-Gt; Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:14:32 -0400 Original-Received: by fxm2 with SMTP id 2so1694929fxm.26 for ; Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:14:31 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=notbApNkg7lLxUTh9fl1SAlInFxDPBI/wIGOcKDAz9k=; b=CdKxWgezsgkO7Pw/vXkKduUo0HcWYs8Q1qxnSuVyI9HGUDemCyD46JfbBI0/XXas4V X791+MzCfHrSlz86fQVKUXItfJSZfHQv4/10sw663ftTL7IyBcDPKj8tt6IFKmGN//3K 29ZUsr4z8BdRnG5s1lyt6DXGAgJOn7esR7alY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=HkUp1LAQK7PkhrDj6DoYNxcrKgjVSmlg8N3M1Yj/Wo8jLuwJoC35gV6AygKi8uP6sf /8xZYU0ooywpCog1Iv/W66NIwWaLOnxgqMA+RGGQ18PKHHdVOIkRAeZ2cID/ixBWe5z6 V3jdpRvhQAYWAspov6Trqh9AcZmsjmnHJXte0= Original-Received: by 10.239.141.65 with SMTP id b1mr1298033hba.28.1268867671205; Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:14:31 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <874oke4kor.fsf@stupidchicken.com> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/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:122122 Archived-At: On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 12:01 AM, Chong Yidong wrot= e: > I use delete-selection mode, but mainly for one reason: I want DEL to > delete the region when it's active. > > This argument > >>> You can set the mark, move somewhere else, type stuff there, and return >>> using C-x C-x, again typing stuff there, without destroying anything yo= u >>> have written. > > sounds reasonable, since it's not a priori obvious (apart from the > behavior of other applications) that self-inserting characters should > "operate on the region". =C2=A0That's why I am not sure about making > delete-selection-mode the default. In technical questions, can there really be any intuition apart from that built by experience? > However, I do feel that the "DEL acts on the region" part of > delete-selection-mode is strongly intuitive.