Re: delete-selection-mode as default

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Yuri Khan <address@hidden>
> Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2018 01:20:19 +0700
> Cc: address@hidden, Drew Adams <address@hidden>, address@hidden, 
>       Joost Kremers <address@hidden>, Noam Postavsky <address@hidden>, 
>       Emacs developers <address@hidden>, Alan Mackenzie <address@hidden>, 
>       Phillip Lord <address@hidden>
> 
> 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.

And how, may I ask, you then indicate which of the "blocks" is to be
acted upon by some command?

More to the point, what does this feature have to do with
delete-selection-mode and transient-mark-mode, and the issues we have
with their mix?  Or did this discussion wandered away without hope?