From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: separating CUA rectangles from CUA selection mode [was: Emacs for new users] Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2010 11:14:25 -0800 Message-ID: <20C855CCFF4F4F1A90BD9B6CB53C0DA8@us.oracle.com> References: <912155b0911230837i48326730m82e0d54d4004be59@mail.gmail.com><4p4rt6-2ne.ln1@lesharris.com><87vdh19cls.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <877ht7bp21.fsf@kobe.laptop><7b501d5c0912010113v6e1f913dgb797db85729a6849@mail.gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1289675730 1391 80.91.229.12 (13 Nov 2010 19:15:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2010 19:15:30 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 'Deniz Dogan' , 'Miles Bader' To: Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Nov 13 20:15:26 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 1PHLZN-00069D-SY for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 13 Nov 2010 20:15:26 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:48833 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PHLZN-0008Te-8j for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 13 Nov 2010 14:15:25 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=60708 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PHLZI-0008TW-Ff for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 13 Nov 2010 14:15:21 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PHLZH-0002tc-AN for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 13 Nov 2010 14:15:20 -0500 Original-Received: from rcsinet10.oracle.com ([148.87.113.121]:23945) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PHLZF-0002sc-Pz; Sat, 13 Nov 2010 14:15:17 -0500 Original-Received: from acsinet15.oracle.com (acsinet15.oracle.com [141.146.126.227]) by rcsinet10.oracle.com (Switch-3.4.2/Switch-3.4.2) with ESMTP id oADJFDxw014895 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Sat, 13 Nov 2010 19:15:15 GMT Original-Received: from acsmt353.oracle.com (acsmt353.oracle.com [141.146.40.153]) by acsinet15.oracle.com (Switch-3.4.2/Switch-3.4.1) with ESMTP id oADJFBR4013825; Sat, 13 Nov 2010 19:15:12 GMT Original-Received: from abhmt012.oracle.com by acsmt354.oracle.com with ESMTP id 775579861289675664; Sat, 13 Nov 2010 11:14:24 -0800 Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/10.159.14.224) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Sat, 13 Nov 2010 11:14:24 -0800 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: Thread-Index: AcpybxMMqFHNxymUQdSYsHLowdP/QUQ90n6w X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5994 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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:132604 Archived-At: Is this change in the TO-DO list at least? Seems like separating out the rectangle stuff, which has nothing to do with CUA, would be a good idea. > From: Miles Bader Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 2:13 AM > Deniz Dogan writes: > > I only use the rectangle part of CUA selection mode. I don't see > > why the recangle part is in that mode in the first place, as > > I'm sure many non-CUA enthusiasts would like to use it. I wasn't > > even aware that it existed and was for too long somewhat > > dissatisfied with the standard rectangles of Emacs. > > > > So this is off-topic, but why is the "new" rectangle > > functionality part of CUA? > > Historical silliness. It should be separate, but sadly > nobody has done the work to split it out.