From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: RE: Why was `transient-mark-mode' turned off for `delete-selection-mode'? Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2014 12:50:19 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: References: <60d75d3a-d04c-4394-800b-60b65fafdb11@default> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1409860270 2168 80.91.229.3 (4 Sep 2014 19:51:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2014 19:51:10 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Sep 04 21:51:01 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XPd3d-0007PA-9b for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 04 Sep 2014 21:51:01 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:53853 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XPd3c-0000Tt-VA for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 04 Sep 2014 15:51:00 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:46796) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XPd3A-0000MB-BX for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 04 Sep 2014 15:50:41 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XPd30-000816-SH for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 04 Sep 2014 15:50:32 -0400 Original-Received: from aserp1040.oracle.com ([141.146.126.69]:21122) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XPd30-0007yv-Lv for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 04 Sep 2014 15:50:22 -0400 Original-Received: from acsinet21.oracle.com (acsinet21.oracle.com [141.146.126.237]) by aserp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id s84JoKRk003089 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Thu, 4 Sep 2014 19:50:21 GMT Original-Received: from aserz7022.oracle.com (aserz7022.oracle.com [141.146.126.231]) by acsinet21.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id s84JoKMC002192 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Thu, 4 Sep 2014 19:50:20 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0010.oracle.com (abhmp0010.oracle.com [141.146.116.16]) by aserz7022.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id s84JoKZS015691 for ; Thu, 4 Sep 2014 19:50:20 GMT In-Reply-To: <60d75d3a-d04c-4394-800b-60b65fafdb11@default> X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.8.2 (807160) [OL 12.0.6691.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: acsinet21.oracle.com [141.146.126.237] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4.x-2.6.x [generic] X-Received-From: 141.146.126.69 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:174017 Archived-At: > So far, this change doesn't sound like a very good idea to me, but > I would like to know more about it, in particular the rationale for > it. >=20 > Delete selection mode has always been about providing similar > delete/replace-the-selection behavior to what is prevalent outside > Emacs. Why would we now divorce this behavior from highlighting of > the selection? Any news on this? Thx.