In article<4C68FBF7.1080104@swipnet.se>, Jan Djärv<jan.h.d@swipnet.se> writes:
I though we where moving away from special cases? Anyway, empty selection do
matter. Consider this case:
I select a lot of code in another application.
I go to Emacs and set mark, then paste the code with mouse-2 and then M-x
indent-region.
With your scheme, mouse-2 would fail to paste, which would be a nasty surprise.
Surely this is not good. But which is a nastier surprise
for new users, your case or my case below:
(1) S-C-n
(2) C-@ C-n
it's very confusing that they behave differently as to
selection.