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 21:36:03 +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> <87iq8tfjwu.fsf@catnip.gol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1268944784 17700 80.91.229.12 (18 Mar 2010 20:39:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:39:44 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Chong Yidong , Harald Hanche-Olsen , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Miles Bader Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Mar 18 21:39:38 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 1NsMVE-0005WX-6P for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:39:36 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:53801 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NsMVD-0007mf-H5 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:39:35 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NsMT3-0006hM-Rk for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:37:21 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=51207 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NsMSz-0006h8-UK for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:37:21 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NsMSq-0003SA-L8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:37:17 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-fx0-f210.google.com ([209.85.220.210]:59114) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NsMS8-0003N4-Bs; Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:36:37 -0400 Original-Received: by fxm2 with SMTP id 2so378167fxm.26 for ; Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:36:23 -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=6XKtkDGNzbuh/0ArO7oDQiyM6E0PxWS0rTrFxE6SK48=; b=SlMLYqxcNZPfV24u0pKlCze+OTLPuTAg6AcUv8X25nedMrgYrZXaOpjZPswFm8IX6e FgJluybpFObGmNHElsWLwl75/T9AUhSGTVRSs0PsRwCuFVtvxfZWpX5+pdnqmKNwlwdF JQHXB+y5IRRUSj2NIpu1vNSl8/q3zedHZGh5Q= 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=daayRdi796y/B17CBFDg+LGYz75AxjJbm29w8rymqRp3p8sp0Ihh6YPtpxYzNbjqZi nQ5XDuyvM5XM9ZhE0NK94SpmF241DxPbItMGAF6Aj8Ii48Rgw7qETCwaAN45OanR8Xz2 HtVYYzb/rUuQwpb5+tcLsz7VTEl+pvmzMG7x0= Original-Received: by 10.239.136.143 with SMTP id h15mr1500709hbh.140.1268944583228; Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:36:23 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87iq8tfjwu.fsf@catnip.gol.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:122211 Archived-At: On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 9:34 PM, Miles Bader 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. > > C'mon, chill... There are better ways to say that you do not agree.