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Article #58Re: Poll about proposed change in DEL (aka Backspace) and Delete
From: Jai Dayal
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2011 11:36
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2011 11:36
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--0016e65a06c6af228e04ae27093c Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 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/ > > --0016e65a06c6af228e04ae27093c Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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"><<a href=3D"ma= ilto:rms@gnu.org">rms@gnu.org</a>></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't want to just "count votes" -- 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'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> --0016e65a06c6af228e04ae27093c--
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From: Jai Dayal <dayalsoap@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Poll about proposed change in DEL (aka Backspace) and Delete
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