bug#39902: 28.0.50; Marking in dired with active region

[Juri Linkov]

>   Actions in Dired are generally (maybe even
>   only) apply to a file line, not to its
>   file-name portion.

When you are marking files, at what part of the Dired buffer
do you look?  I'm sure at file-names.  Therefore
actions in Dired apply to file-names.

> In terms of arguing for/against this, I think
> we're about done, no?

I already provided 2 strong arguments
that support the current implementation:

1. the number of repeated keystrokes is equal
to the number of selected files, e.g.
'm m' selects 2 files, 'C-SPC n n' selects 2 files,
'S-down S-down' selects 2 files, etc.

This is an important property of the current implementation.

2. consistent visual feedback, i.e. when the file name
is not inside the selected region, it should not be marked.

You provided only 1 argument for changes:

1. mark the file name when the end of the region is before
the file name but not on the beginning of the file line.

And I agreed that this makes sense as well.

Then I proposed to add a new option, but you disagreed.