On Tue, 1 Apr 2008 19:04:55 +0000
Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de> wrote:

> Hi, Luc!
> 
> On Tue, Apr 01, 2008 at 01:10:42PM -0500, Luc Teirlinck wrote:
> > Alan Mackenzie wrote:
> 
> >    But I'm suggesting that the (eq mark-even-if-inactive nil) case
> > be removed, since it's not useful.
> 
> > I have not followed this discussion, so I am not sure I understand
> > the above correctly.  I hope that it does _not_ mean that you are
> > suggesting eliminating mark-even-if-inactive completely.
> 
> That was indeed what I was suggesting.
> 
> [ .... ]
> 
> > I have used t-m-m ever since I used Emacs and if I use commands like
> > C-w and friends without having a region highlighted, so without
> > being able to verify what is going to be deleted, there is 100%
> > certainty that I typed C-w inadvertently, so the nice thing to do
> > is to give me an error message rather than to make me pay for my
> > mistyping.
> 
> > So it is bad enough that mark-even-if-inactive was made t by default
> > (a decision I am not going to fight, because I do not have the time
> > to enter in some endless discussion), it should _certainly_ not be
> > _eliminated_.
> 
> OK, I withdraw the assertion that this option is useless and should be
> eliminated.
> 
> I would, however, still suggest it be renamed to reflect the thinking
> in your second last paragraph above, and my opening post.  How about
> `region-op-only-when-highlit' (with an alias for the old name, of
> course)?

the naming implies constraint, what benefit is an artificial limitation ?

> > Sincerely,
> 
> > Luc.
>