From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Juanma Barranquero" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: basic question: going back to dired Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:42:01 +0200 Message-ID: References: <4884DC7F.6060406@gmail.com> <200807240338.12611.juanma_bellon@yahoo.es> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1216889043 21539 80.91.229.12 (24 Jul 2008 08:44:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:44:03 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Juanma Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jul 24 10:44:52 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KLwRL-0000tm-RH for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:44:48 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:37392 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KLwQS-0004m9-Er for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:43:52 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KLwOn-0003yW-1A for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:42:09 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KLwOi-0003wr-S4 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:42:08 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=45549 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KLwOi-0003wh-Jv for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:42:04 -0400 Original-Received: from ik-out-1112.google.com ([66.249.90.176]:26237) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KLwOi-000549-Uc for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:42:05 -0400 Original-Received: by ik-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id c21so1947511ika.2 for ; Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:42:02 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=UrUopz7pm8uW2Z3dUjcpkDdT+INMNW6IeX/6UbDpS+8=; b=tvUX85Y18Tv+QIEZwA2HaVRhpnvyvXFsgGlzzRKZnBHXJak44orU/HwKxq105a3tkD Hk01CKEOg+Ebk5Xq+oA2Tq4cK70KUYxEjzMgeCXP7suJshXACal5PxhNP01HdBCeNAyg SM0/6la3YyMF0zPC8pI60uEbdekjSOvgQXWWM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=uFcUAUNEpB87ir9yErw6Y+AldESKARG95kNo3T5LJs+DtBCfE4D0+Bj7XC2BpJPgjk 473zNqdgrPinEjQ16aMGc0hYAp4Jl+SuqGwRHDcPZaKLx+LQdwszvcK82QZHJnoWL5Gh nVAcKA3/lCUV55EdWG0IvseLDdaOp+ePMuTEg= Original-Received: by 10.210.120.7 with SMTP id s7mr105ebc.76.1216888922059; Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:42:02 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.210.71.14 with HTTP; Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:42:01 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <200807240338.12611.juanma_bellon@yahoo.es> Content-Disposition: inline X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:55883 Archived-At: On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 03:38, Juanma wrote: > Visible region is a really big plus, but I guess you mean > transient-mark-mode and I believe that's not part of CUA. CUA mode also makes the region visible. > On the other hand, selection with shift+arrows seems to me like the crappy > stuff I used to do before entering the glory of Emacs. I would go to admit > it's a small plus to be able to *also* do it like that, but I think setting > the mark, as an anchor, and extend as you move with any other movement > command (and that includes, e.g., i-search), is vastly superior. We'll have to agree to disagree. I have almost no use for invisible regions that extend with movement commands. Juanma