Re: delete-selection-mode as default

[tomas]

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On Sun, Sep 09, 2018 at 02:19:31AM +0300, Juri Linkov wrote:
> >> 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 [...]

What most people saying "_my_ way is better" tend to forget is context:
you've adapted your micro workflow to your tools and viceversa.

So if you say "it saves keystrokes", this is from the (very limited)
perspective of *your* context. People preferring "the other" toolset
will have planned the whole thing differently, they'll use selection
in subtly different ways, etc. etc.

All generalizations suck.

Cheers
- -- tomás
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