Re: AW: delete-selection-mode

[Lennart Borgman]

On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 9:10 PM, Chong Yidong <address@hidden> wrote:
> Lennart Borgman <address@hidden> writes:
>
>>> shift-selection is an inferior method of marking a region.
>>
>> That sounds strange. It is the common way for most editing environment
>> for selecting text.
>
> The two statements are not contradictory.


That is true. They apply to different dimensions. The first is your
personal preference. The second refers to a fact.

Wouldn't it be good if we clearly stated when we tell our preferences?
Don't you think that would be a rather easy way to prevent flames
(which are just too boring)?