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RE: Another Emacs incompatibilty
From: |
Drew Adams |
Subject: |
RE: Another Emacs incompatibilty |
Date: |
Tue, 18 Aug 2020 09:52:09 -0700 (PDT) |
> > Some of us think that `delete-selection-mode'
> > should be enabled by default - and that this
> > is long overdue.
> >
> > FYI, a similar debate took place for
> > `transient-mark-mode'. It took _decades_ to
> > finally get that turned on by default.
> >
> > Maybe you can't imagine t-m-mode being off by
> > default. Try it. ;-) There are some good
> > arguments for that behavior, as there are
> > against it.
>
> I was mostly posting to point out possible clues to OP's problem, not to
> disparage `d-s-m', et al! I can see why people might want it, especially
> if they're also using a lot of other software. Personally I feel that it
> obscures an "Emacs approach" to editing that, when fully embraced, is
> much more powerful (I also disable `transient-mark-mode'), but I would
> have no interest in making that decision for other people, one way or
> the other.
I understand your point of view better now,
since you've said that you also turn off
`transient-mark-mode'.
The two are related, IMO. They're not
coupled, but there is some user-level relation
between them.
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