"Steven" == Steven E Harris <seh(a)panix.com&gt; writes: Steven> Not only do I find Pending Delete preferable, I don't even Steven> understand the reason it should ever being turned off. What's Steven> the point of having an active selection if not to operate on it Steven> with the following editing commands? Well, FWIW, this curmudgeon *hates* pending-delete mode. The depth of my feeling can perhaps be measured by the rarity with which I am actually moved to speak on this mailing list. The importance of my vote can maybe be measured in the same way, of course :-). Eric. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eric Eide <eeide(a)cs.utah.edu&gt; . University of Utah School of Computing http://www.cs.utah.edu/~eeide/ . +1 (801) 585-5512 voice, +1 (801) 581-5843 FAX