From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: delete-selection-mode Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:21:31 -0400 Message-ID: <871vfg1b38.fsf@stupidchicken.com> References: <87ocitw2dl.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <201003130001.o2D01FFQ003489@godzilla.ics.uci.edu> <87vdd1yqe4.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87eijjzrkd.fsf_-_@mail.jurta.org> <20100317143519.GB4381@muc.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1269019365 28469 80.91.229.12 (19 Mar 2010 17:22:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:22:45 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Lennart Borgman , emacs-devel@gnu.org, juri@jurta.org, dann@ics.uci.edu, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, acm@muc.de To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Mar 19 18:22:39 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 1NsfuA-0005zo-Dq for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:22:38 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:38002 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Nsfu9-0004gC-Mf for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:22:37 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NsftD-00044a-Qe for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:21:39 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=38804 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NsftC-00043Y-FR for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:21:39 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NsftB-0004jj-GE for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:21:38 -0400 Original-Received: from pantheon-po34.its.yale.edu ([130.132.50.80]:54434) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Nsft9-0004jP-JB; Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:21:35 -0400 Original-Received: from furry (dhcp128036014175.central.yale.edu [128.36.14.175]) (authenticated bits=0) by pantheon-po34.its.yale.edu (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id o2JHLXZ6022694 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:21:33 -0400 Original-Received: by furry (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 55459C011; Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:21:33 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:56:40 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.94 (gnu/linux) X-YaleITSMailFilter: Version 1.2c (attachment(s) not renamed) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4-2.6 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:122291 Archived-At: Richard Stallman writes: > However, there remains the question of whether enabling > delete-selection-mode would really break our habits. Will it really > bother experienced users like me? > > How about if we find out empirically. > > I have enabled delete-selection-mode, and I will try editing with it. > I'll see if it is a real pain or not. I suggest that others also try > turning it on. Then we will know whether it is a real pain in the > neck, rather than arguing theoretically that it is or isn't. Thank you, this will be a useful thing.