From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Shift selection using interactive spec Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:07:20 +0100 Message-ID: <87od9cm5p3.fsf@kfs-lx.rd.rdm> References: <87k5k69p92.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <200803140408.m2E47hPU014494@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <87prtxpekk.fsf@kfs-lx.rd.rdm> <87abl11ilo.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <874pb9koyw.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87od9gzqv9.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87bq5gytbi.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <8763vndi0r.fsf@kfs-lx.rd.rdm> <87hcf6ratt.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <878x0if9ul.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87od9e9gnx.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <873aqp5mzs.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87lk4h3vm5.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87r6e8fefe.fsf@kfs-lx.rd.rdm> <87zlswp17d.fsf@stupidchicken.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1205852866 1536 80.91.229.12 (18 Mar 2008 15:07:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:07:46 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Dan Nicolaescu , Stefan Monnier , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Chong Yidong Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Mar 18 16:08:10 2008 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 4.50) id 1JbdQ8-0008T4-SD for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:08:09 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JbdPY-00068O-Vk for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:07:33 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JbdPV-00068G-2W for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:07:29 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JbdPS-00066y-HU for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:07:28 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JbdPS-00066n-9F for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:07:26 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-relay.sonofon.dk ([212.88.64.25]) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JbdPR-0005Es-Ol for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:07:26 -0400 Original-Received: (qmail 28604 invoked from network); 18 Mar 2008 15:07:21 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO kfs-lx.rd.rdm.cua.dk) (213.83.150.21) by 0 with SMTP; 18 Mar 2008 15:07:21 -0000 In-Reply-To: <87zlswp17d.fsf@stupidchicken.com> (Chong Yidong's message of "Tue\, 18 Mar 2008 10\:16\:06 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1.92 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: FreeBSD 4.6-4.9 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:92889 Archived-At: Chong Yidong writes: > storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) writes: > >> The t-m-m 'only stuff was added in Emacs 23.x, so it's ok to >> undo that particular change and replace it by something else. >> >> More radical changes that would break code which works with 22.x >> is IMO not an option. >> >> So IMO the proposal below is simply too radical a change re. backwards >> compatibility. > > Actually, the `only' stuff is in Emacs 22 also; it's used by mouse > selection. You are right - I stand corrected. Still it's so cryptic that I doubt anyone else has actually used that interface, so I still think we can change that specific feature if we really need to... -- Kim F. Storm http://www.cua.dk