Re: AW: delete-selection-mode

[David Kastrup]

Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:

>>> But this lacks crucial info about transient-mark-mode: if you don't have
>>> transient-mark-mode enabled, the above example will not be affected by
>>> delsel or any of its siblings.
>
>>     delete-selection-mode is an interactive autoloaded Lisp function in
>>     `delsel.el'.
>>     When Delete Selection mode is enabled, Transient Mark mode is also
>>     enabled
>
> I think you stopped reading a bit too early, I went on to explain that
> when t-m-m is enabled, delsel still doesn't make any significant
> difference:
>
>    OTOH if you do have t-m-m enabled, then you'll probably want to use
>    C-u C-x C-x rather than C-x C-x and also use C-SPC C-SPC (so as not
>    to activate the mark, to avoid spuriously highlighting the region
>    while you're moving around), in which case again delsel will have
>    no impact.

The additional brain-power needed for avoiding the highlighting is not
something I invest.

That was different while t-m-m was not the default: in this case, you
_needed_ it when switching on, and so that additional work was invested
for a purpose.  Merely avoiding the highlighting is no comparable
incentive: that's just being anal.  And between me and the computer, I
tend to leave that to the computer.

-- 
David Kastrup