From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: C-d deleting region considered harmful Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2010 01:02:17 +0900 Message-ID: <87d3s85rp2.fsf@catnip.gol.com> References: <87eicrx1ls.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <4C94E03D.8090002@gmail.com> <87fwx699pc.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <83tylmyclx.fsf@gnu.org> <4C961787.3090907@gmail.com> <878w2xsigj.fsf@gmail.com> <87zkvd5hwa.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <87zkvc3npe.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1284999794 23089 80.91.229.12 (20 Sep 2010 16:23:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 16:23:14 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Sep 20 18:23:14 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 1Oxj96-00035h-Vb for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 20 Sep 2010 18:23:13 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56241 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Oxj96-0007A7-DU for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 20 Sep 2010 12:23:12 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=43333 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Oxj2U-00031L-Dl for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Sep 2010 12:16:34 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Oxip8-00015k-Lx for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Sep 2010 12:02:35 -0400 Original-Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:59314) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Oxip8-00015a-Fg for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Sep 2010 12:02:34 -0400 Original-Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Oxip1-0001cZ-W9 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Sep 2010 18:02:27 +0200 Original-Received: from 218.231.154.125.eo.eaccess.ne.jp ([218.231.154.125]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 20 Sep 2010 18:02:27 +0200 Original-Received: from miles by 218.231.154.125.eo.eaccess.ne.jp with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 20 Sep 2010 18:02:27 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 20 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 218.231.154.125.eo.eaccess.ne.jp System-Type: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu Cancel-Lock: sha1:46Jsgx1WNDmNhcKXDQj02xaRrKE= 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:130541 Archived-At: David Kastrup writes: >> Not a good idea, I think, since one of the primary uses of C-x C-x is to >> re-activate the region! [for me about 90% of the time I think...] > > If you just want to reactivate the region, the proper keysequence to do > only that and nothing else would be C-x C-x C-x C-x (otherwise you also > move point). So one could make this reactivate only on second call > (like C-SPC does). Er, no. It doesn't actually _matter_ about 90% of the time whether the point and mark are swapped (as typically the entire point of activating the region is to operate on the region as a unit), and I think you can see that a two-keystroke command is preferable to a four-keystroke command... -Miles -- Selfish, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.