From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 15513@debbugs.gnu.org, cyd@gnu.org, Yuri Khan <yuri.v.khan@gmail.com>
Subject: bug#15513: Isearch should clear shift-selected region
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2021 17:07:25 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87o8a2itw2.fsf@gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87o8b4p1pn.fsf_-_@gnus.org> (Lars Ingebrigtsen's message of "Thu, 15 Jul 2021 07:48:04 +0200")
Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:
> Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
>
>> Actually, any highlighted region is a transient region. Motion commands
>> deactivate the current selection only in the case where the selection
>> was made with shifted motion commands.
>>
>> So C-s should only deactivate the region if it has been activated by
>> shifted motion commands.
>
> I think that makes sense -- but Emacs has worked this way for a long
> time now, and I can't recall seeing many complaints about the behaviour
> of `C-S-right C-s', so changing the behaviour may annoy people.
>
> Anybody got an opinion here?
Nobody had an opinion in a month, so I think the least wrong solution
here is to not change the behaviour here, and I'm closing this bug
report.
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-08-12 15:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-10-02 3:00 bug#15513: 24.2; isearch should clear selection in transient-mark-mode Yuri Khan
2013-10-03 20:56 ` Drew Adams
2013-10-03 21:19 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-07-15 5:48 ` bug#15513: Isearch should clear shift-selected region Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-08-12 15:07 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen [this message]
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