From: Adam Funk <a24061@ducksburg.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Region-highlighting has disappeared.
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:20:17 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <hf0o35-afh.ln1@news.ducksburg.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mailman.5231.1198081539.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
On 2007-12-19, Drew Adams wrote:
>> I just upgraded a computer from Ubuntu Feisty to Gutsy but (as far as
>> I'm aware) changed nothing else in the configuration; now the region
>> is no longer highlighted. (I already have '(transient-mark-mode t) in
>> the custom-set-variables section of my ~/.emacs, but I can't figure
>> out what else to do.) How can I force this back on?
>>
>> (Strangely, this did not happen with the other Ubuntu machine I
>> upgraded a month or so ago.)
>
> What is the current value of `transient-mark-mode' - not just the setting in
> your .emacs?
--begin copy & paste
transient-mark-mode is a variable defined in `simple.el'.
Its value is t
--end copy & paste
I just got that from C-h v transient-mark-mode, and using M-space M-w
and C-y to paste it there. So the region definitely exists.
> If transient-mark mode is active and you have an active region, and it
> doesn't appear highlighted, then check (via `list-faces-display') to see if
> face `region' is actually something noticeable.
>
> What do you see when you try emacs -Q? That will tell you whether the
> problem is from Emacs itself or from your .emacs.
With the -q option, transient-mark-mode is nil until I set it, then
the region appears highlighted (as it always used to be). In *both*
cases (with and without -q), list-faces-display gives the same output
for region:
Region face: (sample) [Hide Face]
[State]: STANDARD.
Basic face for highlighting the region.
Parent groups: [Basic Faces]
Choice: [Value Menu]
Attributes: [ ] Font Family: *
[ ] Width: *
[ ] Height: *
[ ] Weight: *
[ ] Slant: *
[ ] Underline: *
[ ] Overline: *
[ ] Strike-through: *
[ ] Box around text: *
[ ] Inverse-video: *
[X] Foreground: white (sample)
[X] Background: blue (sample)
[ ] Stipple: *
[ ] Inherit: *
But emacs seems to ignore this without -q!
I'd like to stress that I haven't changed anything in ~/.emacs; I've
just done an ubuntu upgrade and switched from emacs21 to emacs22.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-12-19 17:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-12-19 11:31 Region-highlighting has disappeared Adam Funk
2007-12-19 16:24 ` Drew Adams
[not found] ` <mailman.5231.1198081539.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-12-19 17:20 ` Adam Funk [this message]
2007-12-19 18:14 ` Drew Adams
[not found] ` <mailman.5235.1198088110.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-12-19 19:11 ` Adam Funk
2007-12-19 22:06 ` Adam Funk
2007-12-20 11:31 ` Adam Funk
2008-01-10 17:16 ` yjgzhang
2008-01-11 13:04 ` Adam Funk
2008-01-11 15:42 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
[not found] ` <mailman.6034.1200066139.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-01-11 20:28 ` Adam Funk
2008-01-11 21:02 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2008-01-11 23:44 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
[not found] ` <mailman.6067.1200095101.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-01-12 21:42 ` Adam Funk
2008-02-07 10:42 ` Fabrice Niessen
2008-02-10 14:06 ` Adam Funk
2008-02-19 22:58 ` kovalsky.jan
2008-02-20 8:08 ` Sébastien Vauban
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