RE: [External] : Turning on savehist-mode by default

[Drew Adams]

> > There are a zillion minor modes that many
> > users find useful to turn on by default.
> > It doesn't follow that `emacs -Q' should
> > turn on any of them by default.
> 
> If something is done by (practically) everyone,

Is it?

> especially when it is something that (practically)
> all beginners would be interested in,

How is that known?

> I wouldn't dismiss the proposal to enable it by default.

I don't dismiss it.

> The issue is that beginners neither know how to do it, nor
> what all the options are that they might be interested in.

And yet it's "done by (practically) everyone"?

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Let's enable `delete-selection-mode' by default.

It took decades to get `transient-mark-mode' ON
by default.  `delete-selection-mode' completes
that job.  It welcomes new users with the same
type-to-replace behavior they're used to outside
Emacs (everywhere).

Persists nothing.  Is easy for anyone not who
doesn't want it ON to turn OFF.