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: RE: C-d deleting region considered harmful Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2010 08:18:45 -0700 Message-ID: <47D4B18FCE5A496FB47C2E02BF4A585C@us.oracle.com> References: 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 1284823116 17976 80.91.229.12 (18 Sep 2010 15:18:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2010 15:18:36 +0000 (UTC) To: "'dhruva'" , Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Sep 18 17:18:35 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 1OwzBQ-0006Ez-Gt for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 18 Sep 2010 17:18:32 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:41942 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OwzBP-0005xY-Qv for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 18 Sep 2010 11:18:31 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=45780 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OwzBJ-0005wR-0j for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 18 Sep 2010 11:18:25 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OwzBH-0004Ab-D8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 18 Sep 2010 11:18:24 -0400 Original-Received: from rcsinet10.oracle.com ([148.87.113.121]:40942) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OwzBH-0004AJ-76 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 18 Sep 2010 11:18:23 -0400 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 o8IFIIVL028754 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Sat, 18 Sep 2010 15:18:19 GMT Original-Received: from acsmt354.oracle.com (acsmt354.oracle.com [141.146.40.154]) by acsinet15.oracle.com (Switch-3.4.2/Switch-3.4.1) with ESMTP id o8ID0QkV005744; Sat, 18 Sep 2010 15:18:18 GMT Original-Received: from abhmt003.oracle.com by acsmt355.oracle.com with ESMTP id 609778261284823078; Sat, 18 Sep 2010 08:17:58 -0700 Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/10.159.218.112) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Sat, 18 Sep 2010 08:17:57 -0700 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 Thread-Index: ActXKGVMKgwaLbzeQgqYejFzfYozAAAHCQZg In-Reply-To: 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:130416 Archived-At: > For deleting a a portion of text, I always use the shift->Arrow > selection to mark it and hit backspace to > delete the region. Since shift->arrow key does not work when I use > "emacs -nw" mode, I struggle. To > summarize, I heavily depend on ability to delete regions using the > backspace. I just hope it does not change. It may be a relic of being > a windows user but old habits die hard! Me too. But this thread is not about stopping Backspace from deleting the active region. It is about stopping C-d and the key from doing that.