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Re: delete-selection-mode as default
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Stefan Monnier |
Subject: |
Re: delete-selection-mode as default |
Date: |
Mon, 10 Sep 2018 09:34:52 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
> Emacs should not half-ass the embracing of new users. Either go the
> full hog - CUA, C-z undo, C-y redo (real redo), C-s save, C-a select
> all, shift-selection-mode, right-click context menu. Only then there
> is any hope for the non-manual-readers.
There are two separate issues:
1- what is the best UI (according to us)
2- what we should do for new users
As maintainer, I used (1) rather than (2) as my guide to choose the
default settings.
Whether the best UI has d-s-m enabled or disabled is under discussion.
My opinion is that regarding point (1) d-s-m doesn't matter much: both
choices are about equally good. So I'd favor enabling it (after fixing
its implementation) on the grounds that it's what other UIs do.
But just because for this particular choice, I/we end up deciding of the
default value based on (2), that doesn't mean that it should be the case
for everything else.
Stefan
- Re: delete-selection-mode as default, (continued)
- Re: delete-selection-mode as default, hw, 2018/09/10
- Re: delete-selection-mode as default (WAS: Some developement questions), Alan Mackenzie, 2018/09/10
- Re: delete-selection-mode as default (WAS: Some developement questions), Clément Pit-Claudel, 2018/09/10
- Re: delete-selection-mode as default (WAS: Some developement questions), Alan Mackenzie, 2018/09/10
- RE: delete-selection-mode as default (WAS: Some developement questions), Drew Adams, 2018/09/10
- Re: delete-selection-mode as default, hw, 2018/09/11
- RE: delete-selection-mode as default, Drew Adams, 2018/09/11
- Re: delete-selection-mode as default, hw, 2018/09/13
- Re: delete-selection-mode as default, Alan Mackenzie, 2018/09/12
- RE: delete-selection-mode as default, Drew Adams, 2018/09/12