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: Shift selection using interactive spec Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:39:16 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87k5k69p92.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <200803140408.m2E47hPU014494@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <87prtxpekk.fsf@kfs-lx.rd.rdm> <87abl11ilo.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <874pb9koyw.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87od9gzqv9.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87bq5gytbi.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <8763vndi0r.fsf@kfs-lx.rd.rdm> <87hcf6ratt.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <878x0if9ul.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87od9e9gnx.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87skyo5bvk.fsf@stupidchicken.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1205858498 7245 80.91.229.12 (18 Mar 2008 16:41:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:41:38 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Dan Nicolaescu , emacs-devel@gnu.org, "Kim F. Storm" To: Chong Yidong Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Mar 18 17:42:06 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 1Jbet0-000326-2Z for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:42:02 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JbesQ-0003pi-G6 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:41:26 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JberR-00033T-Bb for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:40:25 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JberP-00030p-Cn for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:40:24 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JberP-00030Y-0v for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:40:23 -0400 Original-Received: from pruche.dit.umontreal.ca ([132.204.246.22]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JberO-00022p-Ai for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:40:22 -0400 Original-Received: from ceviche.home (vpn-132-204-232-21.acd.umontreal.ca [132.204.232.21]) by pruche.dit.umontreal.ca (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id m2IGeRZV008811 for ; Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:40:28 -0400 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 8B7B9B41C7; Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:39:16 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <87skyo5bvk.fsf@stupidchicken.com> (Chong Yidong's message of "Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:45:51 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-NAI-Spam-Score: 0 X-NAI-Spam-Rules: 1 Rules triggered HAS_X_HELO=0 X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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:92899 Archived-At: > After playing around with an implementation of this, I feel that it is > very problematic. > The trouble with using handle-shift-selection to explicitly > unhighlight the region is that every single motion command needs to > call handle-shift-selection, by adding the ^ interactive spec. For > every motion comman (or command that moves point in addition to > something else), there will be a bug: the shift-selected region won't > be highlighted. This therefore breaks backward compatibility with all > external packages that define their own motion commands. I do not understand what you mean. Could you give a sample case? Stefan