From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Marco Bisetto Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#6909: transient-mark-mode Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 12:58:53 +0000 Message-ID: <20100825125853.GA5073@nekkar.rete> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1282750968 7784 80.91.229.12 (25 Aug 2010 15:42:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:42:48 +0000 (UTC) Bcc: biso@localhost To: 6909@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Aug 25 17:42:46 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OoI7e-0000oU-6w for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 25 Aug 2010 17:42:43 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:41681 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OoI7d-0007GF-I5 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; 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