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: Shift selection using interactive spec Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 22:23:55 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87k5k69p92.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <200803140408.m2E47hPU014494@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <87prtxpekk.fsf@kfs-lx.rd.rdm> <87abl11ilo.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <874pb9koyw.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87od9gzqv9.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87bq5gytbi.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <8763vndi0r.fsf@kfs-lx.rd.rdm> <47DC3AB2.9070502@emf.net> <87ejabv7gg.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <47DC79DE.1000201@emf.net> <47DD8A53.8090902@emf.net> <87k5k2i6o2.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <47DDC188.1050409@emf.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1205720651 18820 80.91.229.12 (17 Mar 2008 02:24:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 02:24:11 +0000 (UTC) Cc: "Stephen J. Turnbull" , Dan Nicolaescu , Chong Yidong , "Kim F. Storm" , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Thomas Lord Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Mar 17 03:24:38 2008 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 4.50) id 1Jb51g-0007Oh-Nc for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 17 Mar 2008 03:24:37 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Jb517-0004in-0s for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 16 Mar 2008 22:24:01 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Jb513-0004hp-St for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Mar 2008 22:23:57 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Jb512-0004e6-HA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Mar 2008 22:23:57 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Jb512-0004dm-74 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Mar 2008 22:23:56 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.pppoe.ca ([206.248.154.182]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Jb512-0002eD-77 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Mar 2008 22:23:56 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: ApoEAONy3UdMCrTo/2dsb2JhbACmGIEK X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.25,510,1199682000"; d="scan'208";a="16125273" Original-Received: from smtp.pppoe.ca ([65.39.196.238]) by ironport2-out.pppoe.ca with ESMTP; 16 Mar 2008 22:23:55 -0400 Original-Received: from pastel.home ([76.10.180.232]) by smtp.pppoe.ca (Internet Mail Server v1.0) with ESMTP id XFO42755; Sun, 16 Mar 2008 22:23:55 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 0D4DA8F79; Sun, 16 Mar 2008 22:23:55 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <47DDC188.1050409@emf.net> (Thomas Lord's message of "Sun, 16 Mar 2008 17:55:36 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.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:92796 Archived-At: >> I've *never* heard a Windows user complain about the region >> doing the wrong thing. >> XEmacs implements the "active flag for top of mark stack" model. >> > I think you are are prematurely self-congratulatory. > If XEmacs were really successful in this area, especially > given the Lucid ancestry, then Eclipse would not exist > in its present form. (Rather, it would be "eclipse.el".) Please keep such off-topic remarks off this mailing-list. Thank you, Stefan