- From: Michael John Downes <address@hidden>
- To: address@hidden
- Subject: Re: Selection and replacement, macro expansion
- Date: 27 Feb 2002 09:02:47 -0500
Joris van der Hoeven <address@hidden> writes:
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I do not like the standard behaviour of text editors.
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It happens easily that you mistakenly select some text by moving
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the mouse while typing (especially on certain laptops).
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I think that it is quite violent to delete this text when you continue
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typing.
For what it may be worth, I definitely agree. It could be an option that
users are able to turn on if they choose, but I think having it turned
off by default is a good idea.
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In the same spirit, you will never find the emacs "C-z" to iconify
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the applications: for a simple keystroke this is already a very violent
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operation (it makes your text disappear).
And I agree here also. In my Emacs key definitions I changed the binding
of C-z some time ago to prevent this.
- Selection and replacement, macro expansion, Álvaro Tejero Cantero, 02/25/2002
- Re: Selection and replacement, macro expansion, Jason Dagit, 02/25/2002
- Re: Selection and replacement, macro expansion, Álvaro Tejero Cantero, 02/25/2002
- owerwrite mode, Stephane Payrard, 02/25/2002
- Re: Selection and replacement, macro expansion, Joris van der Hoeven, 02/25/2002
- Re: Selection and replacement, macro expansion, Michael John Downes, 02/27/2002
- Re: Selection and replacement, macro expansion, David Allouche, 02/25/2002
- Re: Selection and replacement, macro expansion, David Allouche, 02/25/2002
- Re: Selection and replacement, macro expansion, David Allouche, 02/25/2002
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