Re: AW: delete-selection-mode

[David Kastrup]

Harald Hanche-Olsen <address@hidden> writes:

> + David Kastrup <address@hidden>:
>
>> "Drew Adams" <address@hidden> writes:
>> 
>> >> telling users ... about the advantage having delsel-mode off.
>> >
>> > There is none.
>> 
>> You can set the mark, move somewhere else, type stuff there, and return
>> using C-x C-x, again typing stuff there, without destroying anything you
>> have written.
>
> You can still do that with delete-selection-mode turned on; you just
> need to hit C-g to deactivate the mark before starting typing in the
> new location.

And get a bell.  In the course of a normal editing operation.

We are talking about the beginner setup, remember?  The beginner that
did not yet customize things (like visible-bell) because he does not
know how.  The beginner that tries Emacs in an office full of people.

Not that this beginner will have a clue about C-g anyway: he'll just
have to figure out a different way to deactivate the region if he is
ever going to type another character.

-- 
David Kastrup