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: delete-selection-mode Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:53:27 +0100 Message-ID: References: <22603146-A346-4FC2-8D74-5D6047865C3A@mit.edu> <87r5nf8s7q.fsf@siart.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1269104156 30354 80.91.229.12 (20 Mar 2010 16:55:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:55:56 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Uwe Siart , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Mar 20 17:55:52 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 1Nt1xn-0007uB-LT for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:55:51 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:42939 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Nt1xn-0002v0-0p for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:55:51 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Nt1vq-0000tR-W9 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:53:51 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=48371 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Nt1vq-0000sP-0l for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:53:50 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Nt1vo-0007qw-GJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:53:49 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-fx0-f210.google.com ([209.85.220.210]:33055) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Nt1vo-0007qr-3S; Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:53:48 -0400 Original-Received: by fxm2 with SMTP id 2so1461169fxm.26 for ; Sat, 20 Mar 2010 09:53:47 -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 :content-transfer-encoding; bh=CM2WpNIRAcNUc4e9b59uofiM2T5ZVd0sicolvvd8r/E=; b=ACoe+410CaxomD2iuKMXCfnMqLnrV/GaZdxpeZO0Dt1QUlLJhCq+TUk6S6pfsLt5JQ XBVhCq/UGiHTex1jYmA4YrnZhYrUiXm5rQbazVeH6akViUf17Qp3Ski0HrvXQ4L8Pu2S v/a5B4v7+ZXTG118LTtpI+4JGO65zL2uU5LZ8= 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:content-transfer-encoding; b=GljXwfbP3F64c9tCgFZ9KIudxflGdfWVKszF2G6A4ORZO8BlqSTuO4uCjEIyCG7WcS 4OZr6Bpr1ETV6hc6rRXq8djkCJu7n9g9LMRYizn0ITTjPnpQQpHA5+PsWKniGnL9s4ez X3vSsHrzuHRD4vwSeI+kufeiVGROToWqEUtdY= Original-Received: by 10.239.131.78 with SMTP id 14mr471153hbm.94.1269104027104; Sat, 20 Mar 2010 09:53:47 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: 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:122371 Archived-At: On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 5:49 PM, Richard Stallman wrote: > We have testimony that some ordinary users want self-inserting > characters to delete the region (which they have made with the mouse). > We have testimony that one ordinary user thinks that same behavior is > a pain. =C2=A0I am sure both reports are factually accurate, but where do > we go from there? That user is probably not very used to computers. An experienced user will think this is natural since almost all editing environment behaves this way. And most new user will be very used to computers. So to me the way to go seems very clear.