From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: AW: delete-selection-mode Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:02:26 -0400 Message-ID: References: <4BA0CDF9.40707@online.de> <76682E4761EA432EB929E5E199B0F92A@us.oracle.com> <87wrxb57e1.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <20100317.200901.408057447.hanche@math.ntnu.no> <87sk7y2gh9.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <9C7C186F-EDB5-4837-977B-1B9BA2695BD1@mit.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1268960579 5624 80.91.229.12 (19 Mar 2010 01:02:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:02:59 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Chad Brown Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Mar 19 02:02:54 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 1NsQbw-0003cH-Oj for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:02:49 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:60851 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NsQbw-0007pS-Az for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:02:48 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NsQbf-0007cs-8q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:02:31 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=37574 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NsQbd-0007bA-PY for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:02:30 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NsQbb-0001Wd-Cr for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:02:29 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.183]:57058 helo=ironport2-out.pppoe.ca) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NsQbb-0001WY-7p for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:02:27 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AvsEAF9qoktFpZMX/2dsb2JhbACbLXS8FIR5BIsbgzc X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.51,271,1267419600"; d="scan'208";a="58580549" Original-Received: from 69-165-147-23.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO ceviche.home) ([69.165.147.23]) by ironport2-out.pppoe.ca with ESMTP; 18 Mar 2010 21:02:26 -0400 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 84D58660FC; Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:02:26 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Chad Brown's message of "Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:19:46 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. 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:122236 Archived-At: >>> The slightly more advanced beginner who doesn't want to use the mouse >>> will instead use an arrow key, again like they do in every other >>> editing context that they've ever used. Again, they will get no bell. >> Hmm?? The arrow key will not (in general) deactivate the region. > I tested it before I sent my response, just to make sure that it > wasn't some setting of mine. > With bzr emacs revno 99685 > Run emacs with -Q > load some multiline chunk of text > sweep out a chunk of that text with the mouse > watch it become highlighted Ah, but here you do use the mouse. That's the detail that makes the arrow key deactivate the region. Stefan