Re: Shift selection using interactive spec

[David Kastrup]

Juri Linkov <address@hidden> writes:

>>> Shift-selection is not an inherent part of function definition since a
>>> function can normally work with or without this feature either way.
>>
>> How is this different from any interactive call specification?  In
>> particular, from, say, the "*" flag in an interactive call string?
>
> If is known beforehand that a command can't work on read-only buffers.
> But shift-selection can be freely turned on/off.

Again: can you provide an example where it makes sense for a user to
turn it off selectively?

We don't need to bother about hypothetical functionality for which there
is no real use case.

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum