Re: delete-selection-mode

[Lennart Borgman (gmail)]

Jason Rumney wrote:
> David Kastrup wrote:
> > So the topic would to me appear rather new.  And the right answer is
> > "no"...  It might be "not yet", but at the current point of time I have
> > no idea what could be done to make a change not quite painful for all
> > users (not just the old fogies).
> >   
>
> I think delete-selection-mode (and maybe even transient-mark-mode) 
> should be enabled only when the region was marked using shift movement 
> keys.
> Setting the mark with C-SPC, moving the cursor and typing a self-insert 
> character should definitely not delete the region by default, even if 
> the region is active and highlighted.


I think this is a good suggestion.