Re: position on changing defaults?

[Kim F. Storm]

Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:

>>> I think something similar would be a great basis for implementing this
>>> feature for default emacs use -- it's very simple and does exactly
>>> what's wanted for the typical user.
>
>> IMO that approach is severely broken for several reasons.
>> And it is not _excatly_ what any typical user wants.
>
> I haven't thought hard enough yet about what his suggestion does, so
> could you expand on its downsides?

1) It binds special commands to the shifted keys, which doesn't
   work for minor modes which put different commands on the
   non-shifted keys.

2) C-h k S-down doesn't show the doc string of the original command.

3) It only works with transient-mark-mode off, so explicit
   region start C-SPC has no highlighting.

4) The list of supported keys/commands is not complete.

5) This approach is already used by s-mark and pc-selection-mode...

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Kim F. Storm <address@hidden> http://www.cua.dk