Re: delete-selection-mode as default

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2018 11:04:50 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Drew Adams <address@hidden>
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> > > The secondary selection doesn't have all these problems, 
> > > so it's a good example.
> > 
> > The secondary selection can only be defined by mouse gestures. 
> 
> In vanilla Emacs, yes. But not if you use `second-sel.el'.
> 
> You can define (set) it in several ways using the keyboard (suggested keys 
> shown):
> 
> * Start secondary with `C-x C-M-SPC' (`set-secondary-start').
> * End secondary with `C-x C-M-<return>' (`secondary-save-then-kill').

Which ends the secondary at point position, something that was the
main point of this discussion.

Can you envision a way of setting a selection without the mouse,
except when point is at one of the two ends of the selection?