From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Nicolaescu Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: CUA-mode features and documenation (was: Re: change cursor type when idle) Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 08:23:52 -0800 Message-ID: <200802131623.m1DGNrls003614@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> References: <000d01c86c82$700dccc0$7051908d@us.oracle.com> <200802121430.m1CEUc6k013361@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <002601c86d8a$a0454db0$405a908d@us.oracle.com> <87tzkdnkee.fsf@kfs-lx.rd.rdm> <87ir0sonaa.fsf_-_@kfs-lx.rd.rdm> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1202920060 26285 80.91.229.12 (13 Feb 2008 16:27:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:27:40 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, Stefan Monnier , Drew Adams , rms@gnu.org To: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Feb 13 17:27:59 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 1JPKS2-0002pa-TX for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:27:15 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JPKRZ-0006dT-6W for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:26:45 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JPKQE-0004y7-Tb for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:25:22 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JPKQC-0004uC-2W for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:25:22 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JPKQB-0004ts-U5 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:25:19 -0500 Original-Received: from sallyv1.ics.uci.edu ([128.195.1.109]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA1:24) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JPKQ7-00017z-IY; Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:25:15 -0500 X-ICS-MailScanner-Watermark: 1203524636.57883@vGZ+JuWUWQONdEWPELc9iw Original-Received: from mothra.ics.uci.edu (mothra.ics.uci.edu [128.195.6.93]) by sallyv1.ics.uci.edu (8.13.7+Sun/8.13.7) with ESMTP id m1DGNrls003614; Wed, 13 Feb 2008 08:23:54 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <87ir0sonaa.fsf_-_@kfs-lx.rd.rdm> (Kim F. Storm's message of "Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:04:45 +0100") Original-Lines: 16 X-ICS-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ICS-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=-1.44, required 5, autolearn=disabled, ALL_TRUSTED -1.44) X-ICS-MailScanner-From: dann@mothra.ics.uci.edu X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 10 (beta) 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:88950 Archived-At: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) writes: > Stefan Monnier writes: > > > Even just a few starting hints would be good: how to enable each major > > feature (e.g. the cursor stuff, the rectangle stuff, ...). > > The commentary in cua-base.el contains a few hints :-) What this does not document is `cua-selection-mode', which, IMHO, we should promote as a replacement for pc-selection-mode. cua-selection-mode does not change the meaning of C-x / C-v, but it does offer the delete-selection-mode + Shif-ARROW_KEY selects region behavior that is now used by the vast majority of desktop applications (including Gnome, KDE).