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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, 15 Jul 2021 07:48:04 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87o8b4p1pn.fsf_-_@gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwv8uyaf45q.fsf-monnier+emacsbugs@gnu.org> (Stefan Monnier's message of "Thu, 03 Oct 2013 17:19:32 -0400")

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?

-- 
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  reply	other threads:[~2021-07-15  5:48 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   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2021-08-12 15:07     ` bug#15513: Isearch should clear shift-selected region Lars Ingebrigtsen

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