From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: display.texi: (,) isn't documented. Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 12:40:25 +0900 Organization: NEC Electronics Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1181534536 11270 80.91.229.12 (11 Jun 2007 04:02:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:02:16 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jun 11 06:02:15 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Hxb6c-0002aC-HO for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 11 Jun 2007 06:02:14 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Hxb6c-0002SI-7p for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 11 Jun 2007 00:02:14 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Hxb6Z-0002QH-6W for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Jun 2007 00:02:11 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Hxb6Y-0002Oy-De for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Jun 2007 00:02:10 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Hxb6Y-0002Os-Bj for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Jun 2007 00:02:10 -0400 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2] helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Hxb6X-0004Xg-OG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Jun 2007 00:02:10 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1Hxb1r-0007mk-0Z for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:57:19 +0200 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:57:19 +0200 Original-Received: from miles.bader by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:57:19 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 20 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: fencepost.gnu.org System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu Blat: Foop Cancel-Lock: sha1:em5n9dFw80iSYSNAXNPbI580snw= X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:72599 Archived-At: "Drew Adams" writes: > It's only a minor feature. It's really not a big deal either way: no great > loss if it is not made available, no great convenience if it is. If added, > it should be optional, of course, and perhaps limited to use with transient > mark mode. I find it handy; you might not. When transient-mark-mode is enabled, it gets used a _lot_, and having it constantly produce chatty messages informing me (and in the process obscuring other information) about stuff which is only occasionally useful... well it just sounds kind of annoying. > Did you try it? Where is "it", anyway? This is a big thread, and I don't see any obvious patches from you... -Miles -- `There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.'