RE: Some developement questions

[Drew Adams]

> > we should turn on `delete-selection-mode' by default.
> 
> I don't think we can, because it gets in the way when editing code.

How so? It doesn't get in my way. Quite the contrary - I appreciate
it for editing code.

Please give a recipe, if you're really interested in discussing this
again. And in that case, please start a new thread for it.

> We could turn it on in text modes, perhaps.
> 
> But anyway, we already have non-annoying portions of
> delete-selection-mode turned on by default (shift-selection etc.).

Not the same thing at all. In the wider world, behaviors of/like
both `delete-selection-mode' and shift-selection are on by
default (and they are typically all that is available).