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bug#50038: Permanent shift-select-mode
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#50038: Permanent shift-select-mode |
Date: |
Sun, 15 Aug 2021 12:36:20 +0300 |
> From: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
> Cc: 50038@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2021 11:37:48 +0300
>
> > And finally, a question: is it enough to have this as a user option?
> > That is, what if the user wants this only temporarily, for the next
> > sequence of commands that extend the region? Should we perhaps have a
> > better solution for that use case? More generally, perhaps this
> > feature is almost always wanted only for a sequence of commands, never
> > globally for extended periods of time? In that case, a user option is
> > not the best solution; it is better to have some minor mode that could
> > be turned on and off with a simple key sequence.
>
> It would be very surprising if someone might want something more complicated.
So you, for example, will use this value at all times?
> This patch also adds a NEWS entry:
Thanks, LGTM.