RE: delete-selection-mode as default

[Drew Adams]

> > It is also why it is so convenient to define the region without using
> > the mouse.  With the current way of defining region, you just go to
> > the other end, and you are immediately ready to invoke commands that
> > operate on the region. How do you do that if point is not on one of
> > the edges of the region, except by dragging the mouse?
> 
> The point of persistent blocks is that you can mark a region and leave
> it for a while before actually doing something to it. It is not a goal
> to be able to mark a block somewhere far away without ever leaving
> your position.
> 
> So: you move point to one end, press a key (or hold down Shift), move
> to the other end, press another key (or release Shift), move to the
> target position, press an action key (C-k c for copy, C-k v for move).
> All without killing anything. Very pacifistic.

Yes.

And that's the kind of behavior we have for the secondary
selection. And how you set it interactively (or even by
program) is not important to its behavior in this regard.