From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: dhruva Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: C-d deleting region considered harmful Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2010 17:25:20 +0530 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1284810937 4931 80.91.229.12 (18 Sep 2010 11:55:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2010 11:55:37 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Sep 18 13:55:35 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 1Oww0v-0001Qi-Lb for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 18 Sep 2010 13:55:31 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46195 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Oww0t-00016q-Jy for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 18 Sep 2010 07:55:27 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=52828 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Oww0p-00016l-57 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 18 Sep 2010 07:55:24 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Oww0o-0004sz-BH for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 18 Sep 2010 07:55:23 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-vw0-f41.google.com ([209.85.212.41]:59456) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Oww0o-0004sv-8q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 18 Sep 2010 07:55:22 -0400 Original-Received: by vws16 with SMTP id 16so2848621vws.0 for ; Sat, 18 Sep 2010 04:55:21 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:date:message-id :subject:from:to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=kROx63/BWM/MJ1seLOGXwyEqqH4cVXU/Uu8duX2jHN4=; b=VrqfU61DpJzgUbE/xhjCs95ZECGePLImQrDx2WfZ2Pgs/Cx8Zg8uCo1R0xJJhnKP1A NrIQRY/eMpLyXoUv1yiQnuPKidZ2geIiOnIt70a7FWhW/GhZmNT+N8ygb2AH0PeJembS nxI4DxI21J96gDRrffI3Bwkr0DpbE17ERVqIE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=P5WuDB7wt8hwRDS4no3+vx+d1A4EE1BQF9vzGBuEdHjTAkj8bZ+BNJfRx418DTtj9h qz/CbKBXWEXd+7lOwRVENuarF8v55ivXnXZ2EyUQ9E+H11CRZNNA9izXHMGpXtQjBcU8 OhSmdJxbBKHgoF4T8o8Wx3qM/IrCSFmBKOxaA= Original-Received: by 10.220.163.10 with SMTP id y10mr3643165vcx.63.1284810921002; Sat, 18 Sep 2010 04:55:21 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.220.109.4 with HTTP; Sat, 18 Sep 2010 04:55:20 -0700 (PDT) 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:130395 Archived-At: > From:=A0Eli Zaretskii > To:=A0dak@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org > Date:=A0Sat, 18 Sep 2010 12:15:23 +0200 > Subject:=A0Re: C-d deleting region considered harmful >> Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2010 12:06:08 +0200 >> From: Eli Zaretskii >> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org >> >> > From: David Kastrup >> > Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2010 11:45:25 +0200 >> > >> > > Deleting an active region with Backspace is a bad idea, IMO: that's >> > > not how other apps behave, while this feature exists to be compatibl= e >> > > with other apps. >> > >> > Just tried it in the location bar of firefox. =A0Backspace certainly d= oes >> > delete an active region there. >> >> Firefox does a lot of things that others don't. > > And in any case, hitting is a customary op, so removing it is > not a good idea. > > P.S. =A0Note that I don't use active regions at all, so my personal > habits will not be affected either way. For deleting a a portion of text, I always use the shift->Arrow selection to mark it and hit backspace to delete the region. Since shift->arrow key does not work when I use "emacs -nw" mode, I struggle. To summarize, I heavily depend on ability to delete regions using the backspace. I just hope it does not change. It may be a relic of being a windows user but old habits die hard! -dhruva