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: delete-selection-mode Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:24:06 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87ocitw2dl.fsf@stupidchicken.com><201003130001.o2D01FFQ003489@godzilla.ics.uci.edu><87vdd1yqe4.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87eijjzrkd.fsf_-_@mail.jurta.org><20100317143519.GB4381@muc.de> <361BF0A38D1B4C54942BEE7AF07981E6@us.oracle.com> <7CC1DE9AB1DE4C06AD900FB3188AB257@us.oracle.com> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1269052019 30016 80.91.229.12 (20 Mar 2010 02:26:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 02:26:59 +0000 (UTC) Cc: cyd@stupidchicken.com, lennart.borgman@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org, juri@jurta.org, dann@ics.uci.edu, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, acm@muc.de To: "Drew Adams" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Mar 20 03:26:50 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 1NsoNd-0005S3-K8 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 20 Mar 2010 03:26:50 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:52760 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NsoNE-0007kV-Av for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:25:12 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NsoN9-0007kQ-NA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:25:07 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=59095 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NsoN9-0007kI-AE for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:25:07 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NsoN8-0001Qe-4V for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:25:06 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]:52514) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NsoMo-0001Ph-GJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:25:06 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NsoMA-00088H-Su; Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:24:06 -0400 In-reply-to: <7CC1DE9AB1DE4C06AD900FB3188AB257@us.oracle.com> (drew.adams@oracle.com) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.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:122329 Archived-At: Given d-s-mode _as it is_, do people think it should be enabled by default? That's the question. If the consensus is strong enough that in its current form it should not become the default, That criterion is absolutely wrong. This is an incompatible change, so it should not be made unless it is clearly right. The change should not be made if there is substantial opposition based on real experience.