From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Shift selection using interactive spec Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:46:19 +0100 Message-ID: <858x0l7i50.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> References: <87k5k69p92.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <47D9CA73.40501@emf.net> <85wso66u7s.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <47D9D366.4060000@emf.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1205488016 20601 80.91.229.12 (14 Mar 2008 09:46:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2008 09:46:56 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Chong Yidong , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Thomas Lord Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Mar 14 10:47:24 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 1Ja6VX-0006IU-EM for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:47:23 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ja6Uy-000677-C7 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 14 Mar 2008 05:46:48 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Ja6Ui-0005x0-9x for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Mar 2008 05:46:32 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Ja6Ug-0005vR-Pp for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Mar 2008 05:46:31 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ja6Ug-0005vL-DA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Mar 2008 05:46:30 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-in-05.arcor-online.net ([151.189.21.45]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Ja6Uf-0006rD-VZ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Mar 2008 05:46:30 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-in-02-z2.arcor-online.net (mail-in-02-z2.arcor-online.net [151.189.8.14]) by mail-in-05.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id D679B183805; Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:46:19 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from mail-in-16.arcor-online.net (mail-in-16.arcor-online.net [151.189.21.56]) by mail-in-02-z2.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id C55B8114637; Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:46:19 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from lola.goethe.zz (dslb-084-061-012-006.pools.arcor-ip.net [84.61.12.6]) by mail-in-16.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79AD5236E45; Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:46:19 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: by lola.goethe.zz (Postfix, from userid 1002) id 6A5291C4F906; Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:46:19 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: <47D9D366.4060000@emf.net> (Thomas Lord's message of "Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:22:46 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.92.1/6228/Fri Mar 14 05:45:15 2008 on mail-in-16.arcor-online.net X-Virus-Status: Clean X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.4-2.6 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:92499 Archived-At: Thomas Lord writes: > Please don't be snarky. I don't spell well. I am quite literate, I > think. I chose the word "tentative" precisely to draw a subtle > distinction from "transient" regarding their ordinary english meanings > as good analogies for the technical distinction I was drawing. I'm > sorry to have to say so but I am insulted. I have to say that nothing so far indicates that your proposed "tentative mark" would differ from the current behavior of "transient marks". Instead, you express your surprise that "transient marks" behave like you would consider proper for "tentative marks". It's not even a reinvention, but a renaming of the wheel that you are apparently calling for, and I have yet to see the difference you are aiming for from the current behavior. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum