From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: hw Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Some developement questions Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2018 10:25:36 +0200 Organization: my virtual residence Message-ID: <87ftylu327.fsf@toy.adminart.net> References: <8336v6cvem.fsf@gnu.org> <8736v6icgt.fsf@himinbjorg.adminart.net> <83tvnmb958.fsf@gnu.org> <877ekigiiw.fsf@himinbjorg.adminart.net> <837ekhb2me.fsf@gnu.org> <87zhxcbmtr.fsf@himinbjorg.adminart.net> <83in409lub.fsf@gnu.org> <871sanb71j.fsf@himinbjorg.adminart.net> <83y3cu7t9j.fsf@gnu.org> <87lg8t2ki9.fsf@himinbjorg.adminart.net> <20180827015422.lcq44zvsjffeau4j@Ergus> <83a7p76f5e.fsf@gnu.org> <87lg8p9o6y.fsf@russet.org.uk> <83pnxx1foj.fsf@gnu.org> <87k1o1a06q.fsf@russet.org.uk> <877ek1ql6u.fsf@toy.adminart.net> <87tvn2g665.fsf@russet.org.uk> <83r2i6wv4v.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1536309866 8317 195.159.176.226 (7 Sep 2018 08:44:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2018 08:44:26 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.1 (gnu/linux) Cc: spacibba@aol.com, phillip.lord@russet.org.uk, Drew Adams , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 07 10:44:22 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fyCNJ-000247-Vg for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 07 Sep 2018 10:44:22 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:37448 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fyCPQ-0002NF-Dm for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 07 Sep 2018 04:46:32 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:42134) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fyCP7-0002LY-Ma for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Sep 2018 04:46:15 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fyCP6-0005lj-IW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Sep 2018 04:46:13 -0400 Original-Received: from mo6-p02-ob.smtp.rzone.de ([2a01:238:20a:202:5302::6]:13538) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fyCP3-0005Zn-QL; Fri, 07 Sep 2018 04:46:10 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; t=1536309967; s=strato-dkim-0002; d=adminart.net; h=References:Message-ID:Date:In-Reply-To:Subject:Cc:To:From: X-RZG-CLASS-ID:X-RZG-AUTH:From:Subject:Sender; bh=OE63+tR1LCx9DMItXq7o+xrKZfpw2c400JNN6lPl9kA=; b=Ju53pRoM/9corRSoDrGwxvmcCj6uN3Jupza63HBdwYDfVjRpaKkBCerEv2XFOX7bbe mJV9Wu9UebE6NPxKsvaqkNvPHnIDPWd4en9RltkfwPEj0d+HBTiOH/kb/321/R5n91p+ CsjKZ6VsitxmVwfPw2hH+NXUYZFtyqNdfGtcs5vCLa0uJymocYIf2UkEmaZkuF9jiY0x rvu5UT79u21J2Tavp+WapJnt6j16l0xIAz1qFUgTiu5kpFMqB1pd5/76giUXps5wKBPA WZK+r8OiAslmz+bHMY5M8pL/CIIkBcsB2CSX2IPL4flg26vnS6bIUUo2RLYK8lpQVIeT 8TgA== X-RZG-AUTH: ":O2kGeEG7b/pS1FS4THaxjVF9w0vVgfQ9xGcjwO5WMRo5c+h5ceMqQWZ3yrBp+AVdIIwXjneEe9k=" X-RZG-CLASS-ID: mo00 Original-Received: from himinbjorg.adminart.net by smtp.strato.de (RZmta 44.0 DYNA|AUTH) with ESMTPSA id e03b99u878k1B2P (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (curve secp521r1 with 521 ECDH bits, eq. 15360 bits RSA)) (Client did not present a certificate); Fri, 7 Sep 2018 10:46:01 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from toy.adminart.net ([192.168.3.55]) by himinbjorg.adminart.net with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1fyCOu-0000oD-IY; Fri, 07 Sep 2018 10:46:00 +0200 In-Reply-To: <83r2i6wv4v.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Thu, 06 Sep 2018 17:36:16 +0300") X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2a01:238:20a:202:5302::6 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:229381 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: >> Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2018 07:24:27 -0700 (PDT) >> From: Drew Adams >> Cc: Eli Zaretskii , spacibba@aol.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org >> >> we should turn on `delete-selection-mode' by default. > > I don't think we can, because it gets in the way when editing code. > We could turn it on in text modes, perhaps. > > But anyway, we already have non-annoying portions of > delete-selection-mode turned on by default (shift-selection etc.). I'm finding that weird and annoying, can it be turned off? It sometimes happens by accident. If it was on by default, I'd probably disable `delete-selection-mode'. I rather have something typed than a selection replaced by accident, and accident would be the only case in which the selection would be replaced. How does it get in the way when editing code? Just don't replace the selection, or disable the mode?