Re: delete-selection-mode

[Juri Linkov]

>>>> So do fringes, toolbars, menus, scrollbars, the splash screen, syntax
>>>> highlighting and almost every other change we've made to Emacs over
>>>> the years.
>>>
>>> None of them destroy your text given the same keystrokes.
>>
>> You can accidentally type C-w and destroy your text.
>
> C-y undoes the damage even in buffers without undo history.

I meant the cases when deletion went unnoticed.  With the active region
this is less likely, because you have a clear visual indication when
the region is active.

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Juri Linkov
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