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Re: Poll about proposed change in DEL (aka Backspace) and Delete

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From: Jai Dayal
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2011 11:36
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I approve of all changes.

On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 11:42 PM, Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> wrote:

> In Emacs 24, now in pretest, a change is being considered for ASCII
> DEL (on most keyboards, the Backspace key) and the Delete function
> key.  The change affects the case of an active region that was not
> dragged with the mouse.  The change is that these commands would
> delete the region, rather than just one character as now.
>
> In the past, this behavior was enabled in some minor modes: CUA mode,
> Delete Selection mode, and PC Selection mode.  In the 24.0.90 pretest,
> this behavior is enabled by default.  Thus, building and using the
> pretest is an easy way to try the change.
>
> Here are the questions we hope you will answer:
>
> * Are you in favor of this change?
>
> * Are you opposed to this change?
>
> * How strongly do you feel about the matter?
>
> We don't want to just "count votes" -- we want to understand
> how this affects users.  So if you care about the issue,
> please tell us how the change affects your editing.
>
> * What are the cases where you find it helps?
>
> * What are the cases where you find it hurts?
>
> * What is your level of Emacs experience?
>
> A further change in the same area has been suggested: when there is an
> active region, a self-inserting character would delete the region
> before the character is inserted by default.
>
> * What would you think of this further change?
>
> Please send your responses to emacs-delete-poll@gnu.org.
>
>
> --
> Dr Richard Stallman
> President, Free Software Foundation
> 51 Franklin St
> Boston MA 02110
> USA
> www.fsf.org  www.gnu.org
> Skype: No way! That's nonfree (freedom-denying) software.
>  Use free telephony http://directory.fsf.org/category/tel/
>
>

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I approve of all changes.=A0 <br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep=
 29, 2011 at 11:42 PM, Richard Stallman <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"ma=
ilto:rms@gnu.org">rms@gnu.org</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D=
"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding=
-left:1ex;">

In Emacs 24, now in pretest, a change is being considered for ASCII<br>
DEL (on most keyboards, the Backspace key) and the Delete function<br>
key. =A0The change affects the case of an active region that was not<br>
dragged with the mouse. =A0The change is that these commands would<br>
delete the region, rather than just one character as now.<br>
<br>
In the past, this behavior was enabled in some minor modes: CUA mode,<br>
Delete Selection mode, and PC Selection mode. =A0In the 24.0.90 pretest,<br=
>
this behavior is enabled by default. =A0Thus, building and using the<br>
pretest is an easy way to try the change.<br>
<br>
Here are the questions we hope you will answer:<br>
<br>
* Are you in favor of this change?<br>
<br>
* Are you opposed to this change?<br>
<br>
* How strongly do you feel about the matter?<br>
<br>
We don&#39;t want to just &quot;count votes&quot; -- we want to understand<=
br>
how this affects users. =A0So if you care about the issue,<br>
please tell us how the change affects your editing.<br>
<br>
* What are the cases where you find it helps?<br>
<br>
* What are the cases where you find it hurts?<br>
<br>
* What is your level of Emacs experience?<br>
<br>
A further change in the same area has been suggested: when there is an<br>
active region, a self-inserting character would delete the region<br>
before the character is inserted by default.<br>
<br>
* What would you think of this further change?<br>
<br>
Please send your responses to <a href=3D"mailto:emacs-delete-poll@gnu.org">=
emacs-delete-poll@gnu.org</a>.<br>
<font color=3D"#888888"><br>
<br>
--<br>
Dr Richard Stallman<br>
President, Free Software Foundation<br>
51 Franklin St<br>
Boston MA 02110<br>
USA<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.fsf.org" target=3D"_blank">www.fsf.org</a> =A0<a href=
=3D"http://www.gnu.org" target=3D"_blank">www.gnu.org</a><br>
Skype: No way! That&#39;s nonfree (freedom-denying) software.<br>
 =A0Use free telephony <a href=3D"http://directory.fsf.org/category/tel/" t=
arget=3D"_blank">http://directory.fsf.org/category/tel/</a><br>
<br>
</font></blockquote></div><br>

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