Re: delete-selection-mode as default (WAS: Some developement questions)

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2018 21:40:26 +1200
> From: Phil Sainty <address@hidden>
> Cc: Noam Postavsky <address@hidden>, address@hidden, address@hidden,
>  address@hidden, address@hidden, address@hidden
> 
> I think what I'd be most in favour of would be a new link on the
> splash screen which invited users to customize some of the most
> fundamental aspects in which the default Emacs behaviours
> conflict with the typical behaviour of newer applications with
> which the user may be more familiar.  I think this would be one
> of those options.  CUA mode would be another.

Patches to that effect are welcome.

> User options can belong to multiple groups though, can't they?
> Perhaps an initial implementation is as simple as identifying
> such options, adding them to a common group, and linking to that
> group from the splash screen?

I suggested that in a recent thread, so I'm in favor of identifying
these groups.

Thanks.