From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Juri Linkov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: AW: delete-selection-mode Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:34:07 +0200 Organization: JURTA Message-ID: <8739zxe2ls.fsf@mail.jurta.org> References: <20100317.200901.408057447.hanche@math.ntnu.no> <87sk7y2gh9.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <9C7C186F-EDB5-4837-977B-1B9BA2695BD1@mit.edu> <20100318.141342.367418699.hanche@math.ntnu.no> <87pr31wg8y.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87hbodwfvh.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87iq8tfjwu.fsf@catnip.gol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1268948143 30728 80.91.229.12 (18 Mar 2010 21:35:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:35:43 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Lennart Borgman Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Mar 18 22:35:38 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 1NsNNR-0002Rd-J1 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:35:37 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:60187 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NsNNQ-00041S-Jl for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:35:36 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NsNN2-0003fR-IG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:35:12 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=38080 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NsNN1-0003dz-8z for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:35:12 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NsNMz-0001u9-QD for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:35:11 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp-out2.starman.ee ([85.253.0.4]:56055 helo=mx2.starman.ee) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NsNMz-0001u3-Fe for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:35:09 -0400 X-Virus-Scanned: by Amavisd-New at mx2.starman.ee Original-Received: from mail.starman.ee (82.131.94.132.cable.starman.ee [82.131.94.132]) by mx2.starman.ee (Postfix) with ESMTP id 880053F4060; Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:35:00 +0200 (EET) In-Reply-To: (Lennart Borgman's message of "Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:36:03 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:122222 Archived-At: >> Lennart Borgman writes: >>>>>> shift-selection is an inferior method of marking a region. >>>>> >>>>> That sounds strange. It is the common way for most editing environment >>>>> for selecting text. >>>> >>>> The two statements are not contradictory. >>> >>> That is true. They apply to different dimensions. The first is your >>> personal preference. The second refers to a fact. >> >> C'mon, chill... > > There are better ways to say that you do not agree. Lennart, I'm surprised that you think shift-selection is not an inferior method of marking a region. To me this is one of the main reasons I can't edit text outside of Emacs: typing arrow keys deactivates the selection, you can't go to the beginning of the selection without deactivating it, and many more disadvantages. -- Juri Linkov http://www.jurta.org/emacs/