From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Transient Mark Mode on by default Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:25:10 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87myopnj0l.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <20080324200911.GA1310@muc.de> <001e01c88dee$34267e90$c2b22382@us.oracle.com> <20080324210229.GB1310@muc.de> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1206980896 2008 80.91.229.12 (31 Mar 2008 16:28:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:28:16 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: M Jared Finder Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Mar 31 18:28:48 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 1JgMrn-0005x0-E2 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:28:15 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JgMrB-0005GY-Fx for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:27:37 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JgMor-0003w3-R0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:25:13 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JgMop-0003v1-Em for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:25:13 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JgMop-0003uw-5c for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:25:11 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JgMoo-0004sL-Ug for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:25:11 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1JgMoo-00028y-JB; Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:25:10 -0400 In-reply-to: (message from M Jared Finder on Sun, 30 Mar 2008 12:19:53 -0700) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:94046 Archived-At: Shift-selection is fine, but I don't think we should change the meaning of C-c, C-v and C-x. All else being equal, it would be better to be compatible with other programs, including in this. But all else is not equal, and this change would not fit into Emacs.