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Re: bracketed-paste-mode should default to "off"
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Per Bothner |
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Re: bracketed-paste-mode should default to "off" |
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Tue, 1 Feb 2022 08:50:01 -0800 |
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On 1/31/22 20:47, Karl O. Pinc wrote:
My argument is that Unix should come with the training
wheels off, by default.
That's not an argument, it's a preference.
"Simple" and "obvious" seems more useful than "safe".
Not in the world we're living in, full of malware and phishing attacks.
The experts can turn off safety, if they wish. For beginner, the default
should be "safe".
I also think bracketed-paste-mode=on is just plain more useful.
It took a couple of months of being annoyed at my pastes not "working"
In what sense?
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