From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lennart Borgman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: AW: delete-selection-mode Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:12:51 +0100 Message-ID: References: <20100317.200901.408057447.hanche@math.ntnu.no> <87sk7y2gh9.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <9C7C186F-EDB5-4837-977B-1B9BA2695BD1@mit.edu> <20100318.141342.367418699.hanche@math.ntnu.no> <87pr31wg8y.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87hbodwfvh.fsf@stupidchicken.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1268943210 11755 80.91.229.12 (18 Mar 2010 20:13:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:13:30 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Harald Hanche-Olsen , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Chong Yidong Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Mar 18 21:13:26 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 1NsM5s-0006CT-Vy for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:13:25 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58427 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NsM5r-0004KX-KF for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:13:23 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NsM5j-0004Gt-Sw for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:13:15 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=33160 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NsM5h-0004Eq-QA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:13:15 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NsM5g-0001X3-Km for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:13:13 -0400 Original-Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com ([72.14.220.159]:2028) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NsM5g-0001Wm-38 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:13:12 -0400 Original-Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id d23so92879fga.12 for ; Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:13:11 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=WW4pA4LTmAL6wSrkrtBknamEkpB+pEjVBF8ecTCoKlM=; b=tWgk0qhJoNSrkZQjbcGkWAkyEUoA35WMeYsQUT6JFmMiI1T0QIOdOf+abPlTYO0KtM NyD28ALsW7LAPD5zhRFxUARDGygeP0nH2yzSEQJZSkk9acHEH8g6p4o5cEcLoHfLM0Nx POr0lr406q8+MDWtZPki9lUc0k+UQAMI7uUF4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; b=CJrSvthRL4OtutyFF6Qop8SCj4KgaXr1Ex7dzYiN7VXnBmVKA+fIs3knv9z+8o6upi bECpg7eBS6lHksQSH6qZmZ258Fm2vURBRYT0Gis/v/95uVcF3CHOgj4oX/t+Uxwuv9Nu ixbYGmlgJRixCcdpGAb2HynBdaVoB55u3JUWQ= Original-Received: by 10.239.186.79 with SMTP id f15mr538678hbh.103.1268943191177; Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:13:11 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87hbodwfvh.fsf@stupidchicken.com> 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:122208 Archived-At: On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 9:10 PM, Chong Yidong wrote: > Lennart Borgman writes: > >>> shift-selection is an inferior method of marking a region. >> >> That sounds strange. It is the common way for most editing environment >> for selecting text. > > The two statements are not contradictory. That is true. They apply to different dimensions. The first is your personal preference. The second refers to a fact. Wouldn't it be good if we clearly stated when we tell our preferences? Don't you think that would be a rather easy way to prevent flames (which are just too boring)?