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: AW: delete-selection-mode Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:34:57 +0900 Message-ID: <87iq8tfjwu.fsf@catnip.gol.com> 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> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1268944684 17394 80.91.229.12 (18 Mar 2010 20:38:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:38:04 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Chong Yidong , Harald Hanche-Olsen , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Lennart Borgman Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Mar 18 21:37:59 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 1NsMTd-0004J3-D7 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:37:57 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:55621 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NsMTc-0006ra-8l for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:37:56 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NsMQr-0006Bv-2B for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:35:05 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=50872 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NsMQp-0006Bn-EG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:35:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NsMQn-0003Ex-7x for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:35:03 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp12.dentaku.gol.com ([203.216.5.74]:38551) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NsMQm-0003Ei-Uu; Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:35:01 -0400 Original-Received: from 218.231.253.174.eo.eaccess.ne.jp ([218.231.253.174] helo=catnip.gol.com) by smtp12.dentaku.gol.com with esmtpa (Dentaku) id 1NsMQk-0007GF-7H; Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:34:58 +0900 Original-Received: by catnip.gol.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 9B7552BD52; Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:34:57 +0900 (JST) System-Type: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu In-Reply-To: (Lennart Borgman's message of "Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:12:51 +0100") Original-Lines: 17 X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV GOL (outbound) X-Abuse-Complaints: abuse@gol.com 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:122210 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... -Miles -- Year, n. A period of three hundred and sixty-five disappointments.