From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Juanma Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: basic question: going back to dired Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:43:05 +0200 Message-ID: <200807242343.05472.juanma_bellon@yahoo.es> 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: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1216935831 23993 80.91.229.12 (24 Jul 2008 21:43:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:43:51 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: "Juanma Barranquero" Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jul 24 23:44:39 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 1KM8c2-0002Uo-8N for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:44:38 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56386 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KM8b8-0002kN-G1 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:43:42 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KM8ac-0002e5-T9 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:43:10 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KM8aa-0002c9-Qr for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:43:10 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=60828 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KM8aa-0002bt-MK for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:43:08 -0400 Original-Received: from n11b.bullet.mail.mud.yahoo.com ([209.191.125.178]:47345) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KM8aa-0002Mq-6e for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:43:08 -0400 Original-Received: from [209.191.108.97] by n11.bullet.mail.mud.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 24 Jul 2008 21:43:07 -0000 Original-Received: from [68.142.201.73] by t4.bullet.mud.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 24 Jul 2008 21:43:07 -0000 Original-Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp425.mail.mud.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 24 Jul 2008 21:43:07 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 458168.93846.bm@omp425.mail.mud.yahoo.com Original-Received: (qmail 95187 invoked from network); 24 Jul 2008 21:43:07 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.es; h=Received:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:From:To:Subject:Date:User-Agent:References:In-Reply-To:Cc:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Disposition:Message-Id; b=DIjw2Ip4MsR3mCL2kYlOhK5Q6HXvv3kOpZMUBR69dZWRbpaTeA+hYzNFCkDy0zGrPf3qtzRgUsoypCQKC6JxTW21IraVzYUmkOuazVcuDuJrnaMLGhXfGvQVaFl8pY0xSaI9uHRMm4Ezj5ZWSAusKBfFWmCj6Gyyrbd5pWqtXfE= ; Original-Received: from unknown (HELO 084202070032.customer.alfanett.no) (juanma_bellon@84.202.70.32 with plain) by smtp116.plus.mail.mud.yahoo.com with SMTP; 24 Jul 2008 21:43:06 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: SuQn6ogVM1lKKG.RPYrtq2uN4crJjMCsWK1vRFiCphhAr_iK7y8oJMKu827cIcu1N7ZiBbkJOzd.ONGh1uIWfnJ.jvHjzr5FNfpvo9yXs95pIZj60X1JjNss5D7.eu3yw2o- X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.6 (enterprise 0.20070907.709405) In-Reply-To: Content-Disposition: inline X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: FreeBSD 6.x (1) 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:55915 Archived-At: On Thursday 24 July 2008, Juanma Barranquero wrote: > On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 03:38, Juanma wrote: >=20 > > On the other hand, selection with shift+arrows seems to me like the cra= ppy > > stuff I used to do before entering the glory of Emacs. I would go to ad= mit > > it's a small plus to be able to *also* do it like that, but I think set= ting > > 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. >=20 > We'll have to agree to disagree. I have almost no use for invisible > regions that extend with movement commands. But they aren't invisible! Nowadays, not even by default. (setq transient-mark-mode=C2=B9 t) =C2=B9 this is independent from CUA, whatever are the capabilities of that package. Extending the region without the need to keep Shift pressed is awesome. You really have to try it. There's no coming back from that. Guaranteed. =2D-=20 Juanma "Having a smoking section in a restaurant is like having a peeing section in a swimming pool." -- Edward Burr