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Re: delete-selection-mode
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
Re: delete-selection-mode |
Date: |
Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:57:59 +0300 |
> From: Juri Linkov <address@hidden>
> Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 02:43:36 +0300
> Cc: address@hidden, address@hidden, address@hidden
>
> > I am very much against enabling delete-selection-mode by default.
>
> I am very surprised. What could be a reason not to delete the region
> after typing a character when this region was intentionally activated
> specially for doing this.
If the region activates as a side effect of otherwise innocent
commands, such as M-> or C-s or C-x C-x, then I'd object deleting it
as well. Even if I explicitly mark the region with C-SPC followed by
cursor motion commands, it does not yet mean I'm about to replace it
with another text. I might just want to M-w it or something. Imagine
typing some self-inserting key by mistake in this situation, for
example.
IOW, the problem is that in Emacs a region is used and created by many
commands that are not available in other GUI apps, or if they are
available, they don't paint the marked text.
I sincerely hope that I'm missing something very important (because I
didn't follow the discussions about this until now), because otherwise
I fear the UI of Emacs 23 will simply be unbearable for newcomers and
veterans alike.
- FW: commands to select things of different kinds, Drew Adams, 2008/04/18
- Re: FW: commands to select things of different kinds, Stefan Monnier, 2008/04/18
- Re: FW: commands to select things of different kinds, Juri Linkov, 2008/04/19
- Re: FW: commands to select things of different kinds, Richard Stallman, 2008/04/19
- delete-selection-mode (was: FW: commands to select things of different kinds), Juri Linkov, 2008/04/19
- Re: delete-selection-mode (was: FW: commands to select things of different kinds), Kim F. Storm, 2008/04/20
- Re: delete-selection-mode,
Eli Zaretskii <=
- Re: delete-selection-mode, Richard Stallman, 2008/04/20
- Re: delete-selection-mode, Thomas Lord, 2008/04/20
- Re: delete-selection-mode, Richard Stallman, 2008/04/21
- Re: delete-selection-mode, Alan Mackenzie, 2008/04/21
- Re: delete-selection-mode, Lennart Borgman (gmail), 2008/04/21
- Re: delete-selection-mode, Chong Yidong, 2008/04/20
- Re: delete-selection-mode, Stefan Monnier, 2008/04/20
- Re: delete-selection-mode, Dan Nicolaescu, 2008/04/20
- Re: delete-selection-mode, David Kastrup, 2008/04/20
- Re: delete-selection-mode, Lennart Borgman (gmail), 2008/04/20