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: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 16:27:38 -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><22603146-A346-4FC2-8D74-5D6047865C3A@mit.edu> <87r5nf8s7q.fsf@siart.de> <87pr2ygbii.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <87tys9180s.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <916F3B17DD1F444DBB3A24999E60858A@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 1269462754 5896 80.91.229.12 (24 Mar 2010 20:32:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 20:32:34 +0000 (UTC) Cc: dak@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org, miles@gnu.org To: "Drew Adams" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Mar 24 21:32:29 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 1NuXFc-0005is-MX for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 24 Mar 2010 21:32:28 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:44152 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NuXD5-0001ll-4x for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 24 Mar 2010 16:29:51 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NuXB1-0000Ob-JX for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 24 Mar 2010 16:27:43 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=57907 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NuXAz-0000MO-Q7 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 24 Mar 2010 16:27:41 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NuXAy-0007Hw-3Z for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 24 Mar 2010 16:27:41 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]:58567) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NuXAx-0007Hq-4k for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 24 Mar 2010 16:27:39 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NuXAw-0005UU-Gy; Wed, 24 Mar 2010 16:27:38 -0400 In-reply-to: <916F3B17DD1F444DBB3A24999E60858A@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:122624 Archived-At: > Is there any empirical sign that this makes Emacs > harder to use -- for anyone? Or harder to learn -- for anyone? Empirical studies that demonstrate that? Dunno. I certainly haven't researched it, myself. Have you? Any empirical indication that it does *not* make life more difficult? My guess is that it has very little effect either way.