From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jason Rumney Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: delete-selection-mode Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 22:26:56 +0100 Message-ID: <480BB520.8010201@gnu.org> References: <004a01c8a1a0$7215cdd0$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> <878wz9btq8.fsf@jurta.org> <85fxthy4qp.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <87hcdxz9zr.fsf_-_@jurta.org> <20080420193750.GA3523@muc.de> <85hcdwuxz1.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1208726874 23551 80.91.229.12 (20 Apr 2008 21:27:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 21:27:54 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org, Juri Linkov , monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, Alan Mackenzie , drew.adams@oracle.com To: David Kastrup Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Apr 20 23:28:28 2008 connect(): Connection refused Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Jnh5A-00048J-4l for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 20 Apr 2008 23:28:20 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Jnh4U-0006V9-M9 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:27:38 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Jnh4Q-0006Tu-MW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:27:34 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Jnh4M-0006P9-7S for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:27:34 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Jnh4M-0006Oy-0H for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:27:30 -0400 Original-Received: from mk-outboundfilter-5-a-2.mail.uk.tiscali.com ([212.74.114.4]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Jnh4D-0001Z1-TK; Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:27:22 -0400 Original-X-Trace: 11379651/mk-outboundfilter-5.mail.uk.tiscali.com/F2S/$ACCEPTED/freedom2Surf-customers/83.67.23.108 X-SBRS: None X-RemoteIP: 83.67.23.108 X-IP-MAIL-FROM: jasonr@gnu.org X-IP-BHB: Once X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AswEAMZRC0hTQxds/2dsb2JhbACBUKdC X-IP-Direction: IN Original-Received: from i-83-67-23-108.freedom2surf.net (HELO wanchan.jasonrumney.net) ([83.67.23.108]) by smtp.f2s.tiscali.co.uk with ESMTP; 20 Apr 2008 22:27:20 +0100 Original-Received: from [192.168.249.27] (chiko.jasonrumney.net [192.168.249.27]) by wanchan.jasonrumney.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 868AEB4; Sun, 20 Apr 2008 22:27:45 +0100 (BST) User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (Windows/20080213) In-Reply-To: <85hcdwuxz1.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 OpenPGP: id=8086879D X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. 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:95555 Archived-At: David Kastrup wrote: > So the topic would to me appear rather new. And the right answer is > "no"... It might be "not yet", but at the current point of time I have > no idea what could be done to make a change not quite painful for all > users (not just the old fogies). > I think delete-selection-mode (and maybe even transient-mark-mode) should be enabled only when the region was marked using shift movement keys. Setting the mark with C-SPC, moving the cursor and typing a self-insert character should definitely not delete the region by default, even if the region is active and highlighted.