From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: `inhibit-mark-movement' Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 18:17:08 -0500 Message-ID: References: <200412080256.30114.pogonyshev@gmx.net> <871xe1trnq.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> <200412081740.48280.pogonyshev@gmx.net> <871xe0y8lg.fsf@jurta.org> <874qiwm8sq.fsf@jurta.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1102980978 26045 80.91.229.6 (13 Dec 2004 23:36:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 23:36:18 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Juri Linkov , emacs-devel@gnu.org, pogonyshev@gmx.net Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Dec 14 00:36:11 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CdzSS-0008T7-00 for ; Tue, 14 Dec 2004 00:18:24 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CdzcU-0005sZ-Se for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 13 Dec 2004 18:28:46 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CdzcA-0005sL-3L for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Dec 2004 18:28:26 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1Cdzc9-0005rz-Ep for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Dec 2004 18:28:25 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1Cdzc8-0005rl-BZ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Dec 2004 18:28:25 -0500 Original-Received: from [132.204.24.67] (helo=mercure.iro.umontreal.ca) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CdzRP-0007Jp-2d; Mon, 13 Dec 2004 18:17:19 -0500 Original-Received: from hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca (hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.50]) by mercure.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B15E8282B6; Mon, 13 Dec 2004 18:17:13 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from asado.iro.umontreal.ca (asado.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.24.84]) by hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 28F2A4AC05F; Mon, 13 Dec 2004 18:17:09 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: by asado.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix, from userid 20848) id B95758CA69; Mon, 13 Dec 2004 18:17:08 -0500 (EST) Original-To: rms@gnu.org In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Mon, 13 Dec 2004 14:51:47 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-DIRO-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-DIRO-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-DIRO-MailScanner-SpamCheck: n'est pas un polluriel, SpamAssassin (score=-4.513, requis 5, autolearn=not spam, AWL 0.39, BAYES_00 -4.90) X-MailScanner-From: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca 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: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:31089 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:31089 > Currently M-C-SPC starts marking a new region even in the region is > active. But to start a new region it is possible to deactivate the > current region with C-g, and start a new marking. So it's not > a problem. There was no release where consequent marking commands > extend the region. So it's not too late to change this behavior. > This change also allows to do such useful things as switching the > direction of the region marking, i.e. M-C-SPC C-x C-x M-C-SPC M-C-SPC > and it continues extending the region in the reverse direction towards > the beginning of the buffer. Another C-x C-x M-C-SPC and it continues > extending the marked region forwards again. > It sounds like a good change. Stefan, are you convinced? Not really, but I don't think my opinion should have any special value here. I'm after all not the typical user and I'm biased because I've gotten used to the current behavior. If people like it, go for it. I might even end up liking it as well, who knows. Stefan