Re: delete-selection-mode

[Kevin Rodgers]

Juri Linkov wrote:
> > You have misconstrued Richard's post.  He went on to say that what is
> > useful for newcomers isn't necessarily what they expect or "want".
> > There's thus no indication there that he would support the rest of your
> > argument.
>
> This is exactly how I understood Richard, and I think delete-selection-mode
> is useful for newcomers regardless of whether this is what they expect.
>
> > The answer is to ask them why they want this.  C-w is easy to type, as is
> > <delete>.
>
> <delete> is not the same as C-w.  <delete> doesn't clobber the kill ring
> with unnecessary text.  This is an important distinction.  How come
> a powerful editor has no key to delete the selected region without
> saving it in the clipboard.

Isn't that exactly what `M-x delete-region' does?

BTW I've had `C-c w' bound to delete-region for years (by analogy with
the default binding of `C-w'  to `kill-region'), so I agree a convenient
way to do that is needed.

Disclaimer: I use neither transient-mark-mode nor delete-selection-mode.

> > Emacs isn't about taking things for granted.  It's about efficiency,
> > about minimising keystrokes, about not getting in the users' way.  How
> > about improving the documentation/menu-settings/whatever so that these
> > beginners find what they're looking for?
>
> I agree that it's about efficiency, and delete-selection-mode minimizes
> keystrokes thus it makes faster editing.

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Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA