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: Enabling Transient Mark Mode by default Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 09:36:11 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87myq4saw1.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <47B39231.8010108@gmail.com> <200802151711.m1FHB3Y3008798@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <200802171658.m1HGwQ4h011067@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <20080219085231.GA1032@muc.de> <200802190938.m1J9ccVg016565@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <20080219190127.GA1106@muc.de> <877ih0o9dx.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <86lk5f4fjb.fsf@timbral.net> <87ejb7babz.fsf@xmission.com> <85lk5fcod6.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <87ablvb4om.fsf@xmission.com> <85lk5fb3ym.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <8763wjb0nk.fsf@xmission.com> <864pc2tyw0.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1203604670 8805 80.91.229.12 (21 Feb 2008 14:37:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:37:50 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Evans Winner , Jason Earl , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: David Kastrup Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Feb 21 15:38:14 2008 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 1JSCXf-0006hE-J3 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:36:55 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JSCXA-0008GV-FI for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 21 Feb 2008 09:36:24 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JSCX5-0008GB-FG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Feb 2008 09:36:19 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JSCX3-0008Fz-2T for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Feb 2008 09:36:18 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JSCX2-0008Fw-R9 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Feb 2008 09:36:16 -0500 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.pppoe.ca ([206.248.154.182]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JSCWy-0006OI-ER; Thu, 21 Feb 2008 09:36:12 -0500 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AgAAALoavUfO+J2cdGdsb2JhbACQXQEwnwGBAg X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.25,386,1199682000"; d="scan'208";a="14792263" Original-Received: from smtp.pppoe.ca ([65.39.196.238]) by ironport2-out.pppoe.ca with ESMTP; 21 Feb 2008 09:36:11 -0500 Original-Received: from pastel.home ([206.248.157.156]) by smtp.pppoe.ca (Internet Mail Server v1.0) with ESMTP id BQF64411; Thu, 21 Feb 2008 09:36:11 -0500 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 3A4678A26; Thu, 21 Feb 2008 09:36:11 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <864pc2tyw0.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz> (David Kastrup's message of "Thu, 21 Feb 2008 10:57:51 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. 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:89826 Archived-At: > I am suggesting that having a usable mark should not imply an active > region. But that is more or less the premise of transient-mark-mode. I don't understand in what way TMM requires or enforces that "a usable mark implies an active region". > (and temporary transient-mark mode is really a life saver: Thank you ;-) Stefan