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: delete-selection-mode Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 13:44:51 -0400 Message-ID: References: <22603146-A346-4FC2-8D74-5D6047865C3A@mit.edu> <87r5nf8s7q.fsf@siart.de> <87pr2ygbii.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <87tys9180s.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <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> <9C89B664FF0146C087C358EB51E0DE4C@us.oracle.com> <877hp2jvdm.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <878w9h9gx5.fsf@mail.jurta.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1269547463 24447 80.91.229.12 (25 Mar 2010 20:04:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 20:04:23 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 'Chong Yidong' , Drew Adams , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Juri Linkov Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Mar 25 21:04:17 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 1NutHs-0000N5-Mn for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 25 Mar 2010 21:04:17 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:52806 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NutHs-0005lj-9s for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:04:16 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Nur79-0003El-3L for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Mar 2010 13:45:03 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=44602 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Nur76-0003BX-T6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Mar 2010 13:45:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Nur75-0004kQ-7g for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Mar 2010 13:45:00 -0400 Original-Received: from chene.dit.umontreal.ca ([132.204.246.20]:56718) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Nur75-0004jk-2U for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Mar 2010 13:44:59 -0400 Original-Received: from faina.iro.umontreal.ca (faina.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.26.177]) by chene.dit.umontreal.ca (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id o2PHiptA023839; Thu, 25 Mar 2010 13:44:52 -0400 Original-Received: by faina.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 2C2403A0F4; Thu, 25 Mar 2010 13:44:51 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <878w9h9gx5.fsf@mail.jurta.org> (Juri Linkov's message of "Thu, 25 Mar 2010 09:07:14 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-NAI-Spam-Score: 0 X-NAI-Spam-Rules: 1 Rules triggered RV3499=0 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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:122667 Archived-At: >> Just as for shift-select-mode, I'd rather not use symbol properties to >> put this information, because it's a property of the command, not of >> its name. > This means introducing 4 new `interactive' code letters for: Of course not. We can do it without any letter at all (use the Lisp form of `interactive' specification), or with just one letter (with an argument specifying which kind of d-s-m applies). I.e. this is a non-issue. > But we are short of available code letters. Actually I don't see we're short at all. We have 32 chars used right now, and while we can't use all of ASCII, there are more than 64 chars available. > And it's not clear how to choose a letter with good mnemonics for > their effects. How 'bout ASCII 127 (aka C-?) ? Stefan