From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Jacobson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: Re: transient-mark-mode goes to edge of screen not end of line Date: 14 Aug 2002 07:36:21 +0800 Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <874rdy1gcq.fsf@jidanni.org> References: <87wuqxoase.fsf@jidanni.org> <87u1lzg4sn.fsf@prep.synonet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1029283152 9994 127.0.0.1 (13 Aug 2002 23:59:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 23:59:12 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17elZ9-0002b4-00 for ; Wed, 14 Aug 2002 01:59:11 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17ela4-00082N-00; Tue, 13 Aug 2002 20:00:08 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17elZZ-0007ye-00 for bug-gnu-emacs@prep.ai.mit.edu; Tue, 13 Aug 2002 19:59:37 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17elZX-0007yS-00 for bug-gnu-emacs@prep.ai.mit.edu; Tue, 13 Aug 2002 19:59:36 -0400 Original-Received: from ashd1-1.relay.mail.uu.net ([199.171.54.245]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17elZX-0007yN-00 for bug-gnu-emacs@prep.ai.mit.edu; Tue, 13 Aug 2002 19:59:35 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.fu-berlin.de by mr0.ash.ops.us.uu.net with ESMTP (peer crosschecked as: mail.fu-berlin.de [160.45.11.165]) id QQnbul21938 for ; Tue, 13 Aug 2002 23:59:34 GMT Original-Received: by mail.fu-berlin.de (Smail3.2.0.98) from Curry.ZEDAT.FU-Berlin.DE (160.45.10.36) with esmtp id ; Wed, 14 Aug 2002 01:59:34 +0200 (MEST) Original-Received: by Curry.ZEDAT.FU-Berlin.DE (Smail3.2.0.98) from news.fu-berlin.de with bsmtp id ; Wed, 14 Aug 2002 01:59:34 +0200 (MEST) Original-To: gnu-emacs-bug@moderators.isc.org Original-Path: 61-227-47-83.hinet-ip.hinet.NET!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.bug Original-Lines: 15 X-Orig-NNTP-Posting-Host: 61-227-47-83.hinet-ip.hinet.net (61.227.47.83) X-Orig-X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1029283173 44518789 61.227.47.83 (16 [99749]) X-Orig-Path: 127.0.0.1!nobody User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:3213 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.bugs:3213 >> Gentlemen, transient-mark-mode's blue area extends to the right edge >> of the screen, making some users uncomfortable as it would thus not >> reveal any trailing blanks at the ends of lines, and "there's >> nothing there but it acts like there is". >> Consider what happens when one selects an area with the mouse in >> your average browser. I would expect emacs to act like that. P> You where about to propose that the marked area covers existing P> chars only? Modulo EOL stuff... Yes, or make it the new default with an option to go back to the bad old way. -- http://jidanni.org/ Taiwan(04)25854780