From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: next-error-highlight = t - highlighting doesn't stay until youmoveto the next locus Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 09:13:49 -0400 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 1174914862 17245 80.91.229.12 (26 Mar 2007 13:14:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 13:14:22 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "Drew Adams" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Mar 26 15:14:16 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 1HVp1M-0002aV-KH for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 26 Mar 2007 15:14:00 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HVp3b-0007L8-GV for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 26 Mar 2007 08:16:19 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HVp3Y-0007Gg-Fh for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Mar 2007 09:16:16 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HVp3T-0006sQ-Q8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Mar 2007 09:16:16 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HVp3T-0006rX-Kb for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Mar 2007 08:16:11 -0500 Original-Received: from tomts40.bellnexxia.net ([209.226.175.97] helo=tomts40-srv.bellnexxia.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1HVp1D-0006oX-QH for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Mar 2007 09:13:52 -0400 Original-Received: from pastel.home ([70.55.83.113]) by tomts40-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.13 201-253-122-130-113-20050324) with ESMTP id <20070326131350.QSDV1624.tomts40-srv.bellnexxia.net@pastel.home> for ; Mon, 26 Mar 2007 09:13:50 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 726347F50; Mon, 26 Mar 2007 09:13:49 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Drew Adams's message of "Sun\, 25 Mar 2007 22\:41\:48 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.95 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: Solaris 8 (1) 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:68595 Archived-At: > [However, I cannot imagine anyone preferring the current behavior (for a > value of t). Click the mouse or move the cursor and the highlighting > disappears? How could that be desirable?] I, for one, cannot imagine anyone preferring the behavior where the highlighting lives on for ever. To make it bearable, you'd need at the very least a special way to make it go away when you don't want it any more. Stefan