Re: DEL key doesn't kill mouse-dragged region

[Mathias Dahl]

"Richard M. Stallman" <address@hidden> writes:

> Experienced users who want something like that can use
> delete-selection-mode.  However, I'm concerned about beginners who
> expect this behavior based on other editors.
>
> Typing DEL after dragging a region is something that an experienced
> Emacs user is unlikely to do.  So why not make it do what beginners
> expect?

Does this mean that you suggest DEL to do different things if I have a
mouse-dragged highlighted region versus if I have a highlighted region
made using something like C-a C-SPC C-SPC C-e DEL (temporarily
activate transient mark mode, go to end of line and DEL)? I don't
think that is a good idea.

I reported this problem some time ago and I think you actually replied
that you could not recreate it. When I tested again I couldn't do that
either, and *I* would certainly want us to keep it like that. When I
see a highlighted region I want DEL to do the same thing regardless if
I marked the region using the mouse or by some other means.