From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Bastien Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: C-d deleting region considered harmful Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2010 17:07:01 +0200 Message-ID: <87aanfrsyy.fsf@altern.org> References: <87eicrx1ls.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <62507B3FBB424D5A93DA513718A5ED0C@us.oracle.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1284822432 15275 80.91.229.12 (18 Sep 2010 15:07:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2010 15:07:12 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, 'Miles Bader' To: "Drew Adams" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Sep 18 17:07:10 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 1Owz0P-0000tb-TS for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 18 Sep 2010 17:07:10 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45957 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Owz0P-0002VD-DA for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 18 Sep 2010 11:07:09 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=44587 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Owz0I-0002U9-SJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 18 Sep 2010 11:07:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Owz0G-0001vJ-Q4 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 18 Sep 2010 11:07:02 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-wy0-f169.google.com ([74.125.82.169]:53861) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Owz0G-0001v1-M9; Sat, 18 Sep 2010 11:07:00 -0400 Original-Received: by wyb36 with SMTP id 36so4085445wyb.0 for ; Sat, 18 Sep 2010 08:06:59 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:sender:received:from:to:cc :subject:in-reply-to:references:user-agent:date:message-id :mime-version:content-type; bh=W2QWGGrikhm6OSzIOgPQbmrWzbHNs3m8BAdvtyD8kEw=; b=ofRLit6R1+FRVh9ffOLSOcjeHXUO9V8VOiqNk1uYHttMJsy1RPZ/n9XgSaffFgNEiv +TrW8CvjdRmS35dn8vADjXg99JTeCk4IW9jdvoIuwhVGPFN5GmuqgqKyg3RLyLTDHk8s M+gMadQymgl4bKnFKyTAdJoNeT1JQFwNevaMs= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=sender:from:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:references:user-agent:date :message-id:mime-version:content-type; b=b81V+wwiKJQ7xs+lRqzNZwJYO4dn4aw3NNXMVX4s/SRvifbTflby5qTioo12FWFrrh eOpCzP90QMEi9Mdi4fqgVlBHmIgM5iNOWzrQpSkbD76lodjC4adpyK4+GEE08ZDvZzB4 TJczQjcPPmeB5p5RL/jK7r+xDiohpYP3Jj5Eo= Original-Received: by 10.216.12.8 with SMTP id 8mr2299424wey.107.1284822419670; Sat, 18 Sep 2010 08:06:59 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from myhost.localdomain (fon75-1-78-192-119-5.fbxo.proxad.net [78.192.119.5]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id u32sm3719481weq.11.2010.09.18.08.06.58 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sat, 18 Sep 2010 08:06:58 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by myhost.localdomain (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 319FC3FE87; Sat, 18 Sep 2010 17:07:01 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: <62507B3FBB424D5A93DA513718A5ED0C@us.oracle.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Sat, 18 Sep 2010 07:29:14 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) Emacs/23.2 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) 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:130412 Archived-At: "Drew Adams" writes: >> I propose removing this functionality from C-d. If mac/windows users >> want to delete a region, they can use DEL (backspace). > > 100% agreement. This is truly a bad idea. C-d (and ) in Emacs should > do what it always has done: delete the next char. +1 -- Bastien