Re: delete-selection-mode

[Harald Hanche-Olsen]

+ Lennart Borgman <address@hidden>:

> On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 5:37 PM, Richard Stallman <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Is this true even when the region has been activated by keyboard commands?
> > If so, perhaps it is a bug.  Perhaps the feature should only apply when
> > you make the region using the mouse.
> 
> 
> I think it would be a very bad idea to introduce an invisible state
> this way. (I agree with Klaus here - if I do not misunderstand him.)

One way to solve that might be to use a different face for the region
depending on whether it was mouse selected or keyboard generated.
Maybe using a more scary (reddish?) colour if typing something is
going to delete it.

- Harald