From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: Yuri Khan <yurivkhan@gmail.com>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: hw@adminart.net, spacibba@aol.com,
Joost Kremers <joostkremers@fastmail.fm>,
Noam Postavsky <npostavs@gmail.com>,
Emacs developers <emacs-devel@gnu.org>,
Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de>,
Phillip Lord <phillip.lord@russet.org.uk>
Subject: RE: delete-selection-mode as default
Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2018 13:17:25 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <005478f6-a6db-46ab-9a0c-383faa105b37@default> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAP_d_8VcFjkQQxzgv+XUheE4Q33vNgbuGpGwtv2-dOEBuK7OeQ@mail.gmail.com>
> > It is also why it is so convenient to define the region without using
> > the mouse. With the current way of defining region, you just go to
> > the other end, and you are immediately ready to invoke commands that
> > operate on the region. How do you do that if point is not on one of
> > the edges of the region, except by dragging the mouse?
>
> The point of persistent blocks is that you can mark a region and leave
> it for a while before actually doing something to it. It is not a goal
> to be able to mark a block somewhere far away without ever leaving
> your position.
>
> So: you move point to one end, press a key (or hold down Shift), move
> to the other end, press another key (or release Shift), move to the
> target position, press an action key (C-k c for copy, C-k v for move).
> All without killing anything. Very pacifistic.
Yes.
And that's the kind of behavior we have for the secondary
selection. And how you set it interactively (or even by
program) is not important to its behavior in this regard.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-09-16 20:17 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
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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
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 [this message]
2018-09-17 21:22 ` hw
2018-09-18 12:14 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-18 23:45 ` hw
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2018-09-19 20:09 ` hw
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2018-09-16 18:04 ` Drew Adams
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2018-09-16 20:14 ` Drew Adams
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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
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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
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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
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2018-09-11 4:22 ` delete-selection-mode as default (WAS: Some developement questions) Richard Stallman
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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
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2018-09-15 19:44 ` Ergus
2018-09-15 20:01 ` Eli Zaretskii
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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
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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
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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
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