Re: [Emacs-diffs] scratch/highlight-n-windows 6da5ca1 2/2: Set `mark-active' to selected window

[Oleh Krehel <ohwoeowho@gmail.com>]

Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>> Should I apply this change or wait until I figure out how to make the
>> mark window-local?
>
> While trying it out I noticed that it introduces behavior which some
> users will find unexpected: while the highlighting only happens in the
> window where the mark was set, mark-active is non-nil in all windows
> displaying that buffer, so the commands will behave according to
> "the mark is active" while the user may think "it's not highlighted, so
> the mark is not active".
>
> IOW, it's a cute hack, but I don't think it's right.  Sorry.

Of course, that was the point of the current change: just to get rid of
the visual distraction.
It's not going to get intuitive until the mark becomes window-local.

But I would take not-annoying over non-intuitive any day though:)

Oleh