Re: delete-selection-mode as default

[Yuri Khan]

On Mon, Sep 17, 2018 at 12:00 AM Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> wrote:

> It is also why it is so convenient to define the region without using
> the mouse.  With the current way of defining region, you just go to
> the other end, and you are immediately ready to invoke commands that
> operate on the region. How do you do that if point is not on one of
> the edges of the region, except by dragging the mouse?

The point of persistent blocks is that you can mark a region and leave
it for a while before actually doing something to it. It is not a goal
to be able to mark a block somewhere far away without ever leaving
your position.

So: you move point to one end, press a key (or hold down Shift), move
to the other end, press another key (or release Shift), move to the
target position, press an action key (C-k c for copy, C-k v for move).
All without killing anything. Very pacifistic.