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From: Chong Yidong <cyd@gnu.org>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 11364@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#11364: [debbugs-tracker] Processed: severity 11364 wishlist
Date: Sun, 08 Jul 2012 13:35:15 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87liiuke7g.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <38C346B84BFA43C998DAA00564D4CF2B@us.oracle.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Sat, 7 Jul 2012 08:35:16 -0700")

"Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:

> This is a regression - loss of a capability that Emacs has had since
> it supported a mouse.  How can you classify a regression as
> "wishlist"?

It is not a regression; you are asking for a feature that never existed.

> In Emacs versions prior to Emacs 23 an important feature was the
> ability to extend or reduce the active region by moving the cursor.
> E.g C-SPC followed by C-f.
 
> And it did not matter how the region was activated (how the mark was
> set).  You could, for example, double-click a word or a line or a sexp
> using mouse-1, then use C-f or M-f to extend the region etc.

I checked in Emacs 22: double clicking with the mouse to select a word,
then using C-f, makes the region inactive.  Emacs 24 behaves similarly.

Maybe this is not what you meant.  In that case, I suggest (not for the
first time) giving a step-by-step recipe to reprouduce the exact
behavior you think is problematic.





  reply	other threads:[~2012-07-08  5:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
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     [not found] ` <handler.s.C.13416527042420.transcript@debbugs.gnu.org>
2012-07-07 15:35   ` bug#11364: [debbugs-tracker] Processed: severity 11364 wishlist Drew Adams
2012-07-08  5:35     ` Chong Yidong [this message]
2012-07-08  5:57       ` Drew Adams
2012-07-11 21:05         ` Drew Adams
2012-07-12  6:29           ` Chong Yidong
2012-07-12 13:52             ` Drew Adams

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