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: delete-selection-mode Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2010 02:15:28 +0100 Message-ID: References: <87k4t92hmb.fsf@home.jasonrumney.net> <87ocij1wdu.fsf@home.jasonrumney.net> <3BEB86EFB53543918F62839986C72F60@us.oracle.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 1269134173 22103 80.91.229.12 (21 Mar 2010 01:16:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2010 01:16:13 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rms@gnu.org, cyd@stupidchicken.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org, juri@jurta.org, dann@ics.uci.edu, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, acm@muc.de, jasonr@gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Mar 21 02:16:07 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 1Nt9lu-0005cg-73 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 21 Mar 2010 02:16:06 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56685 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Nt9lt-00013d-EX for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 20 Mar 2010 21:16:05 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Nt9lo-000130-CA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 20 Mar 2010 21:16:00 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=41514 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Nt9lj-00011p-FG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 20 Mar 2010 21:16:00 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Nt9ld-0003xl-LU for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 20 Mar 2010 21:15:55 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-fx0-f227.google.com ([209.85.220.227]:39167) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Nt9ld-0003xY-FL; Sat, 20 Mar 2010 21:15:49 -0400 Original-Received: by fxm27 with SMTP id 27so1587230fxm.8 for ; Sat, 20 Mar 2010 18:15:48 -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=zTI91fM/VR8gfMQsFmY8o1XajcgO3SiwVuqJZQnO1nE=; b=nqk+S4jIUMFTjHfi7gwtlOX6Ix+R4aUWNPrSntyYVwbKg2Uow+zJvczkJQ37OU8Fiu RD0Sa2Y7M5XPIPagbY44xJOeVM98o1ykruWc6zYYg41DrTOxiLmHwk7fpIR173zxHvsB C25Rw67NgA9REvyyUuqqyzFcgmWiZjLZrzIwE= 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=atsv0W8B/+HAISirUXV5fo83URR6gL0oXJXjghChxU+57m5gHwaTjO84V51+fWQSoT 1NGAUNdOovNPaXOcKV08y5jp3W9sSek24KkgIAbMJOIv2j0U1OQxspZ8pcun4+xfFVeK 6UNqjFj4ihHewc3g7vGlNekAmQVr9e6648Z7Q= Original-Received: by 10.239.188.68 with SMTP id o4mr684599hbh.21.1269134148146; Sat, 20 Mar 2010 18:15:48 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <3BEB86EFB53543918F62839986C72F60@us.oracle.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:122397 Archived-At: On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 6:37 PM, Drew Adams wrote: >> > =C2=A0 =C2=A0I think it is a very good suggestion to be able to have >> > =C2=A0 =C2=A0one color for=C2=A0regions that act in way compatible wit= h almost >> > =C2=A0 =C2=A0every editing=C2=A0environment and one that acts in the w= ay special >> > =C2=A0 =C2=A0to Emacs. >> > >> > I have nothing against this feature, but I point out that choosing >> > another color, and making it properly distinctive in two different >> > color environments (dark background and light background), is not >> > going to be easy. >> >> Maybe use secondary-selection for the Emacs version? > > No thanks. We're looking for less confusion, not more. Please explain. Is anyone really using secondary-selection? (I do have one library using it, but I do not use x so I am not sure whether it is used otherwise.)