From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#50038: Permanent shift-select-mode Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2021 12:36:20 +0300 Message-ID: <83mtpj9hij.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87czqif4y5.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <83lf54bkft.fsf@gnu.org> <874kbrciwz.fsf@mail.linkov.net> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="24363"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: 50038@debbugs.gnu.org To: Juri Linkov Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Aug 15 11:37:09 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mFCZo-00068Z-UD for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 15 Aug 2021 11:37:08 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:40060 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mFCZn-0008Js-VY for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 15 Aug 2021 05:37:07 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:58098) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mFCZi-0008Jg-GO for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Aug 2021 05:37:02 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:34227) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mFCZi-00027z-9U for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Aug 2021 05:37:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mFCZi-0006aP-4R for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Aug 2021 05:37:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2021 09:37:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 50038 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 50038-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B50038.162902019925286 (code B ref 50038); Sun, 15 Aug 2021 09:37:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 50038) by debbugs.gnu.org; 15 Aug 2021 09:36:39 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45773 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mFCZL-0006Zm-E5 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 15 Aug 2021 05:36:39 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:41628) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mFCZI-0006ZU-40 for 50038@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 15 Aug 2021 05:36:38 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:44356) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mFCZC-0001d2-6g; Sun, 15 Aug 2021 05:36:30 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.95.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.95]:1091 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mFCZB-0003xp-Ps; Sun, 15 Aug 2021 05:36:30 -0400 In-Reply-To: <874kbrciwz.fsf@mail.linkov.net> (message from Juri Linkov on Sun, 15 Aug 2021 11:37:48 +0300) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:211878 Archived-At: > From: Juri Linkov > 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.