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

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Richard Stallman <address@hidden>
> Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2018 00:22:18 -0400
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> What I want to happen after I make a region with ordinary Emacs
> commands, including C-SPC M-f and C-x C-x, is this:
> 
>   * It is active.
>   * It is highlighted.
>   * DEL does not delete it.
>   * self-insert does not delete it.

Can you tell why you need it active and highlighted?  Because
otherwise, this is tantamount to turning off transient-mark-mode.