Re: delete-selection-mode as default

[Juri Linkov]

>> IMHO, this is only about that specific difference. I doubt
>> that you will find meaningful alignment/correlation between
>> views on that question and other views, including other views
>> about editing or Emacs.
>
> I guess there's some alignment. I always feel awkward when
> editing in a browser, for example. It reminds me fatally
> of Notepad, back then. And it's not just selection handling.
>
> But hey, everyone swings differently.

To me, delete-selection-mode is an optimization, it saves keystrokes
allowing to type less - I don't need to type DEL to delete an old region
before replacing it with new text.  Also jumping to the previous mark
is easy with C-u C-SPC when there is no need to select the region
as C-x C-x does.  And I never make a mistake when I see that the region
is active to not replace it mistakenly.