Re: delete-selection-mode

[Stephen J. Turnbull]

David Kastrup writes:
 > "Stephen J. Turnbull" <address@hidden> writes:
 > 
 > > Emacs newbies are busy just getting used to fundamental differences
 > > that really matter (the ability to navigate by mark,
 > 
 > Which is seriously impacted by delete-selection-mode.

For you, using Emacs.  Not for me, using XEmacs (where zemacs-regions
is not quite t-m-m, and pending-delete mode is not quite delsel).

I did have to learn to use C-u C-SPC instead of C-x C-x, which took a
while, and cost time.  I may have lost some data, but probably not;
"C-x C-x a" usually has pretty spectacular results in pending-delete
mode, and AFAICR I was always able to recover with undo, while the
embarrassment and frustration had a salutary effect on my learning
curve.  Not to mention more time spent using OOo and Mozilla than I'd
really like helped with the educational process.

Dunno if this would work for you, of course.  (The most important
question would likely be whether C-u C-SPC can substitute for C-x C-x
in your usage patterns.)  But that was/is my experience.