* Keep region active after command
@ 2011-02-19 18:12 Fabian Ezequiel Gallina
2011-02-19 21:19 ` Stefan Monnier
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From: Fabian Ezequiel Gallina @ 2011-02-19 18:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Emacs-Devel devel
What would be the best way to keep the region active after a command?
What I'm willing to do is to keep the region active after
python-indent-shift-left and python-indent-shift-right are called.
Regards,
--
Fabián E. Gallina
http://www.from-the-cloud.com
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* Re: Keep region active after command
2011-02-19 18:12 Keep region active after command Fabian Ezequiel Gallina
@ 2011-02-19 21:19 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-02-19 21:48 ` Lennart Borgman
0 siblings, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread
From: Stefan Monnier @ 2011-02-19 21:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Fabian Ezequiel Gallina; +Cc: Emacs-Devel devel
> What would be the best way to keep the region active after a command?
> What I'm willing to do is to keep the region active after
> python-indent-shift-left and python-indent-shift-right are called.
The region is deactivated if `deactivate-mark' is non-nil at the end of
the command and this variable is set by buffer-modifying functions, so
let-binding deactivate-mark around those functions (or around the whole
command's body) is usually the way to do it.
Stefan
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread* Re: Keep region active after command
2011-02-19 21:19 ` Stefan Monnier
@ 2011-02-19 21:48 ` Lennart Borgman
2011-02-19 22:26 ` Chong Yidong
0 siblings, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread
From: Lennart Borgman @ 2011-02-19 21:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Stefan Monnier; +Cc: Emacs-Devel devel, Fabian Ezequiel Gallina
On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 10:19 PM, Stefan Monnier
<monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:
>> What would be the best way to keep the region active after a command?
>> What I'm willing to do is to keep the region active after
>> python-indent-shift-left and python-indent-shift-right are called.
>
> The region is deactivated if `deactivate-mark' is non-nil at the end of
> the command and this variable is set by buffer-modifying functions, so
> let-binding deactivate-mark around those functions (or around the whole
> command's body) is usually the way to do it.
Wouldn't it be good to have a general command like
dont-deactivate-mark-after-next-command?
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* Re: Keep region active after command
2011-02-19 21:48 ` Lennart Borgman
@ 2011-02-19 22:26 ` Chong Yidong
2011-02-19 22:36 ` Lennart Borgman
0 siblings, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread
From: Chong Yidong @ 2011-02-19 22:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Lennart Borgman
Cc: Fabian Ezequiel Gallina, Stefan Monnier, Emacs-Devel devel
Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman@gmail.com> writes:
> Wouldn't it be good to have a general command like
> dont-deactivate-mark-after-next-command?
No. Having a function that just sets a variable to nil is silly.
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* Re: Keep region active after command
2011-02-19 22:26 ` Chong Yidong
@ 2011-02-19 22:36 ` Lennart Borgman
2011-02-20 1:16 ` Miles Bader
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From: Lennart Borgman @ 2011-02-19 22:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Chong Yidong; +Cc: Fabian Ezequiel Gallina, Stefan Monnier, Emacs-Devel devel
On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 11:26 PM, Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com> wrote:
> Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Wouldn't it be good to have a general command like
>> dont-deactivate-mark-after-next-command?
>
> No. Having a function that just sets a variable to nil is silly.
?? Please give an argument!
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* Re: Keep region active after command
2011-02-19 22:36 ` Lennart Borgman
@ 2011-02-20 1:16 ` Miles Bader
2011-02-20 1:29 ` Lennart Borgman
0 siblings, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread
From: Miles Bader @ 2011-02-20 1:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Lennart Borgman
Cc: Chong Yidong, Emacs-Devel devel, Stefan Monnier,
Fabian Ezequiel Gallina
Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman@gmail.com> writes:
>> No. Having a function that just sets a variable to nil is silly.
>
> ?? Please give an argument!
Because the user may as well just write (setq foo nil)...
If "foo" were obscure/weird, then maybe a set-to-nil function with a
clearer name could be useful useful, but in this case the variable's
meaning is quite clear.
-miles
--
Love is the difficult realization that something other than oneself is real.
[Iris Murdoch]
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* Re: Keep region active after command
2011-02-20 1:16 ` Miles Bader
@ 2011-02-20 1:29 ` Lennart Borgman
2011-02-20 3:59 ` Miles Bader
0 siblings, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread
From: Lennart Borgman @ 2011-02-20 1:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Miles Bader
Cc: Chong Yidong, Emacs-Devel devel, Stefan Monnier,
Fabian Ezequiel Gallina
On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 2:16 AM, Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org> wrote:
> Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman@gmail.com> writes:
>>> No. Having a function that just sets a variable to nil is silly.
>>
>> ?? Please give an argument!
>
> Because the user may as well just write (setq foo nil)...
Can't that be done instead of using any command ... ;-)
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* Re: Keep region active after command
2011-02-20 1:29 ` Lennart Borgman
@ 2011-02-20 3:59 ` Miles Bader
0 siblings, 0 replies; 8+ messages in thread
From: Miles Bader @ 2011-02-20 3:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Lennart Borgman
Cc: Chong Yidong, Fabian Ezequiel Gallina, Stefan Monnier,
Emacs-Devel devel
Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman@gmail.com> writes:
>>>> No. Having a function that just sets a variable to nil is silly.
>>>
>>> ?? Please give an argument!
>>
>> Because the user may as well just write (setq foo nil)...
>
> Can't that be done instead of using any command ... ;-)
Er, by "user" I mean the command.
-miles
--
Optimist, n. A proponent of the doctrine that black is white.
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