Re: delete-selection-mode

[Richard Stallman]

    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.

Or you might see some characters before point (and outside the region)
and decide to delete them before operating on the region as you
planned to do.

Here's a possible idea: enable delete-selection-mode by default
but only after shift-selection and mouse-selection.