From: Kim Storm <storm@cua.dk>
To: Dan Nicolaescu <dann@gnu.org>
Cc: 11191@debbugs.gnu.org, Chong Yidong <cyd@gnu.org>
Subject: bug#11191: C-x C-x does not activate the selection anymore with cua-selection-mode
Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2012 13:00:29 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4F82C14D.7000100@cua.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <yxqpqbho3mz.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org>
On 04/09/2012 07:50 AM, Dan Nicolaescu wrote:
> Chong Yidong<cyd@gnu.org> writes:
>
>> Dan Nicolaescu<dann@gnu.org> writes:
>>
>> [recipe edited]
>>
>>> emacs -Q
>>> M-x cua-selection-mode RET
>>> M-<
>>> C-SPC C-f C-f C-f C-g
>>> C-x C-x
>>>
>>> now the selection should be active, but it is not.
>>> This worked in emacs-23.3, so this is a regression.
>> Looks like this change was made deliberately:
>>
>> revno: 102844
>> committer: Kim F. Storm<storm@cua.dk>
>> branch nick: trunk
>> timestamp: Fri 2011-01-14 16:06:17 +0100
>> message:
>> * emulation/cua-base.el (cua--init-keymaps):
>> Remap exchange-point-and-mark in cua-global-keymap.
>>
>> The docstring of `cua-exchange-point-and-mark' says it does not activate
>> the mark.
>> Kim, could you confirm that this was the intention?
>
> In emacs-22.3 and 23.3 it does activate the mark.
> C-x C-x also activates the mark in the trunk without
> cua-selection-mode.
>
> Wouldn't it be better that instead of changing something that has been
> present in two major releases and is consistent with the default behavior,
> to change the docstring?
>
The current behaviour is "by design"
Personally, I find it very annoying if C-x C-x activates the mark with
cua-mode - as it becomes very
hard to enter another C-x C-x to cancel it (it actually requires three
C-x typed rapidly -- otherwise
it will delete the region. That is why cua-exchange-point-and-mark
doesn't activate the mark
by default.
- but with reference to bug #6199 on the same subject, I have already
approved to change the behaviour
--- if anyone feels it is necessary.
I think the following version should do the trick
(defun cua-exchange-point-and-mark (arg)
"Exchanges point and mark.
Don't activate the mark if a prefix argument is given."
(interactive "P")
(let ((ma mark-active))
(exchange-point-and-mark)
(if cua--rectangle
(cua--rectangle-corner 0))
(if arg
(setq mark-active ma))))
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-04-09 11:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-04-07 3:27 bug#11191: C-x C-x does not activate the selection anymore with cua-selection-mode Dan Nicolaescu
2012-04-08 13:18 ` Chong Yidong
2012-04-09 5:50 ` Dan Nicolaescu
2012-04-09 11:00 ` Kim Storm [this message]
2012-04-09 11:06 ` Lennart Borgman
2012-04-09 14:16 ` Dan Nicolaescu
2012-04-09 16:49 ` Kim Storm
2012-04-13 3:13 ` Dan Nicolaescu
2012-04-13 7:10 ` Chong Yidong
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