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: delete-selection-mode Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 12:31:24 -0700 Message-ID: <200804201931.m3KJVO4X008875@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> References: <004a01c8a1a0$7215cdd0$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> <878wz9btq8.fsf@jurta.org> <85fxthy4qp.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <87hcdxz9zr.fsf_-_@jurta.org> <87ve2cfk9x.fsf@stupidchicken.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1208720025 2801 80.91.229.12 (20 Apr 2008 19:33:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 19:33:45 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Juri Linkov , Chong Yidong , rms@gnu.org, drew.adams@oracle.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Apr 20 21:34:19 2008 connect(): Connection refused 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 1JnfIp-0002XZ-79 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 20 Apr 2008 21:34:19 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JnfI9-0000sb-Rf for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 20 Apr 2008 15:33:37 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JnfHl-0000b8-3j for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Apr 2008 15:33:13 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JnfHj-0000aQ-H5 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Apr 2008 15:33:12 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JnfHj-0000aC-6t for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Apr 2008 15:33:11 -0400 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 1JnfHc-00065B-1v; Sun, 20 Apr 2008 15:33:04 -0400 X-ICS-MailScanner-Watermark: 1209324685.87699@0tK28whIg6q2JIwasjtR1w 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 m3KJVO4X008875; Sun, 20 Apr 2008 12:31:25 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Sun, 20 Apr 2008 15:25:53 -0400") Original-Lines: 13 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:95534 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: > > All thinks considered, IMHO the present behavior, where delete-selection > > is off, is a better default. > > Agreed. In my message I referred to using a form of > delete-selection-mode, but that's a very limited form of it: it only > applies to `yank'. I like it because it allows me to do C-M-SPC C-y to > replace an argument. How about we do a user poll about this? That seems to be a better way of deciding a default for such a very visible feature.