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Re: Enabling Transient Mark Mode by default
From: |
Sascha Wilde |
Subject: |
Re: Enabling Transient Mark Mode by default |
Date: |
Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:53:55 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) |
Bastien Guerry <address@hidden> wrote:
> Sascha Wilde <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> Bastien <address@hidden> wrote:
>>> Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:
>>>> For people who use the mark(s) for navigational purposes, pushing the
>>>> mark is an operation comparable to saving point to a register.
>>>> So the fact that TMM starts to highlight the text between that mark and
>>>> point is just a hassle.
>>>
>>> What about this:
>>>
>>> C-SPC set the mark and temporarily turn on Transient Mark mode
>>> C-@ only sets the mark
>>>
>>> C-SPC C-SPC would be used to temporarily negate transient-mark-mode.
>>> (For now it does not *negate* it, it turns it on temporarily.)
>>
>> Veto.
>>
>> I think the current behavior is quite convenient and fits the needs of
>> those who don't want a permanent transient-mark-mode best.
>
> My point is that there are really two ways of having the active region
> highlighted by default: either by setting transient-mark-mode to t, or
> by letting C-SPC turn Transient Mark mode temporarily on.
The difference is that in the case of setting transient-mark-mode to t I
can still put (transient-mark-mode -1) in my .emacs file to get back the
old behavior. In case of the later "solution" there would be no way to
get back the original behavior -- or am I mistaken?
cheers
sascha
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- Re: Enabling Transient Mark Mode by default, (continued)
- Re: Enabling Transient Mark Mode by default, Richard Stallman, 2008/02/21
- Re: Enabling Transient Mark Mode by default, Stefan Monnier, 2008/02/21
- Re: Enabling Transient Mark Mode by default, Bastien, 2008/02/22
- Re: Enabling Transient Mark Mode by default, Sascha Wilde, 2008/02/22
- Re: Enabling Transient Mark Mode by default, Bastien Guerry, 2008/02/22
- Re: Enabling Transient Mark Mode by default, David De La Harpe Golden, 2008/02/22
- Re: Enabling Transient Mark Mode by default, Bastien, 2008/02/22
- Re: Enabling Transient Mark Mode by default,
Sascha Wilde <=
- Re: Enabling Transient Mark Mode by default, Bastien, 2008/02/22
- Re: Enabling Transient Mark Mode by default, Mike Mattie, 2008/02/22
- Re: Enabling Transient Mark Mode by default, Mike Mattie, 2008/02/22
- Re: Enabling Transient Mark Mode by default, Richard Stallman, 2008/02/23
- Re: Enabling Transient Mark Mode by default, Andreas Schwab, 2008/02/22
- Re: Enabling Transient Mark Mode by default, Leo, 2008/02/22
- Re: Enabling Transient Mark Mode by default, Richard Stallman, 2008/02/22
- Re: Enabling Transient Mark Mode by default, Richard Stallman, 2008/02/21
- Tentative diagnosis of TMM's problem. [Re: Enabling Transient Mark Mode by default], Alan Mackenzie, 2008/02/20
- Re: Tentative diagnosis of TMM's problem. [Re: Enabling Transient Mark Mode by default], Stefan Monnier, 2008/02/20