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Re: delete-selection-mode
From: |
David Kastrup |
Subject: |
Re: delete-selection-mode |
Date: |
Mon, 21 Apr 2008 22:07:27 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) |
Jason Rumney <address@hidden> writes:
> David Kastrup wrote:
>> Expectations should never take precedence when they are connected with
>> an inferior way to accomplish things.
>
> Is that really an objective point of view?
Strawman. It is not a point of view at all. It is a design principle.
And where "inferior" means "with a lot more hassle" or
"self-inconsistent", I consider this an eminently prudent principle.
> To me it looks like arrogance, and if I were a prospective new user of
> Emacs encountering it, I might be inclined to look elsewhere.
An program can not be arrogant, and whether or not you want to call my
discourse on emacs-devel an exhibition of arrogance does not concern
prospective new users.
--
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum
- Re: delete-selection-mode, (continued)
- Re: delete-selection-mode, Alfred M. Szmidt, 2008/04/21
- Re: delete-selection-mode, Paul R, 2008/04/21
- Re: delete-selection-mode, David Kastrup, 2008/04/21
- Re: delete-selection-mode, Juanma Barranquero, 2008/04/21
- Re: delete-selection-mode, David Kastrup, 2008/04/21
- Re: delete-selection-mode, Juanma Barranquero, 2008/04/21
- Re: delete-selection-mode, David Kastrup, 2008/04/21
- Re: delete-selection-mode, Juanma Barranquero, 2008/04/21
- Re: delete-selection-mode, Lennart Borgman (gmail), 2008/04/21
- Re: delete-selection-mode, Jason Rumney, 2008/04/21
- Re: delete-selection-mode,
David Kastrup <=
- Re: delete-selection-mode, Richard Stallman, 2008/04/22
- Re: delete-selection-mode, Thomas Lord, 2008/04/22
- Re: delete-selection-mode, Jason Rumney, 2008/04/22
- Re: delete-selection-mode, David Kastrup, 2008/04/22
- Re: delete-selection-mode, Richard Stallman, 2008/04/22
- Re: delete-selection-mode, Richard Stallman, 2008/04/22
- Re: delete-selection-mode, Paul R, 2008/04/21
- Re: delete-selection-mode, David Kastrup, 2008/04/21
- Re: delete-selection-mode, Alfred M. Szmidt, 2008/04/21
- Re: delete-selection-mode, Lennart Borgman (gmail), 2008/04/21