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: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 23:07:35 +0100 Message-ID: References: <87ocih158i.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <874ok7bhse.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <87fx3r10ec.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87d3yv7zzy.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <87634n0xnn.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87fx3rc5p0.fsf@mail.jurta.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1269382319 32611 80.91.229.12 (23 Mar 2010 22:11:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 22:11:59 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Juri Linkov , Chong Yidong , David Kastrup , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Mar 23 23:11:54 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 1NuCKH-0003kq-L5 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 23 Mar 2010 23:11:53 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:38028 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NuCKG-0004Mf-V0 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 23 Mar 2010 18:11:52 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NuCGW-0001yk-LD for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Mar 2010 18:08:00 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=56708 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NuCGV-0001xj-Bg for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Mar 2010 18:08:00 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NuCGT-0006ze-0w for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Mar 2010 18:07:58 -0400 Original-Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com ([72.14.220.152]:57152) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NuCGS-0006zO-RM; Tue, 23 Mar 2010 18:07:56 -0400 Original-Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id l26so725459fgb.12 for ; Tue, 23 Mar 2010 15:07:56 -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=VZC9ledXS5ldvpBcFF0q8qqw95BtxhPdbN3GrUeC9Ek=; b=nvhV5CgSnpGBcRfisPCUbgd4JDPOL/yH7IRtIZM9jY2VqVhiPX0pnM+WtEsKAvXGot 04wko+gn8VXGqp531+XcdIafPf+7saELP/oIbzNGPzs3/VFC9Xc4RVb+TCckVb4gEJxD GcJYSUPVl3VhH5PoUEu8AWQ8CI0L4pStTPHCs= 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=EKJ4ymv7ZjzvYI4aIameS9zAjBg/Ruyb8/EP2Pbl4C7HzEoVYMTzYFpt+B0Pi3Wymo BHFqxmp1Hqmfc3EamXZDI2o8X7Cr3Ul9M5qp5T2F28rxjyIVH7zLZnnGgQ4Y1KKORZgS mp3lR4dx9IhAe7+oJK3kE52ZYlvaVI38XXhJU= Original-Received: by 10.239.131.78 with SMTP id 14mr938179hbm.94.1269382075806; Tue, 23 Mar 2010 15:07:55 -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:122579 Archived-At: On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 10:52 PM, Stefan Monnier wrote: >> What do you think about marking commands that should delete the active >> region with a new interactive character (like "^" is used to call >> `handle-shift-selection'), so e.g. a new function `handle-delete-region' >> could delete the active region before running a command? > > Sounds very good, indeed, To me it looks a bit inflexible. Wouldn't it be better with something that later could be customized?