Re: C-d deleting region considered harmful

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2010 12:06:08 +0200
> From: Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden
> 
> > From: David Kastrup <address@hidden>
> > Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2010 11:45:25 +0200
> > 
> > > Deleting an active region with Backspace is a bad idea, IMO: that's
> > > not how other apps behave, while this feature exists to be compatible
> > > with other apps.
> > 
> > Just tried it in the location bar of firefox.  Backspace certainly does
> > delete an active region there.
> 
> Firefox does a lot of things that others don't.

And in any case, hitting <Delete> is a customary op, so removing it is
not a good idea.

P.S.  Note that I don't use active regions at all, so my personal
habits will not be affected either way.