From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: region-active-p Date: Sat, 03 Nov 2007 07:31:25 +0900 Message-ID: <877il09t4y.fsf@catnip.gol.com> References: <87ir4lqz2r.fsf@catnip.gol.com> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1194042725 9617 80.91.229.12 (2 Nov 2007 22:32:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2007 22:32:05 +0000 (UTC) Cc: reinersteib+gmane@imap.cc, andreas.roehler@online.de, emacs-devel@gnu.org, juri@jurta.org, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, stephen@xemacs.org, drew.adams@oracle.com To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Nov 02 23:32:06 2007 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 1Io53c-00082J-Tr for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 02 Nov 2007 23:32:05 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Io53S-0007pM-MR for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 02 Nov 2007 18:31:54 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Io53O-0007nv-P7 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Nov 2007 18:31:50 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Io53N-0007mt-9Z for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Nov 2007 18:31:50 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Io53N-0007mV-0L for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Nov 2007 18:31:49 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp02.dentaku.gol.com ([203.216.5.72]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Io539-0006qM-Lx; Fri, 02 Nov 2007 18:31:36 -0400 Original-Received: from 203-216-97-240.dsl.gol.ne.jp ([203.216.97.240] helo=catnip.gol.com) by smtp02.dentaku.gol.com with esmtpa (Dentaku) id 1Io531-0002hk-Gr; Sat, 03 Nov 2007 07:31:27 +0900 Original-Received: by catnip.gol.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 1ECEC2F4C; Sat, 3 Nov 2007 07:31:26 +0900 (JST) System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Fri\, 02 Nov 2007 11\:02\:58 -0400") Original-Lines: 16 X-Abuse-Complaints: abuse@gol.com X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:82380 Archived-At: Richard Stallman writes: > Well then why not pick _another_ good name which is still helpful to the > code reader? David Kastrup suggested `region-selected-p', which seems > intuitive and helpful in the same way that region-active-p is. > > I won't argue against `region-selected-p', even though it seems > less on the mark than `region-active-p'. Actually I prefer `region-active-p' too, as long as the slight inconsistency with the xemacs definition is OK (I think it is, personally). -Miles -- My spirit felt washed. With blood. [Eli Shin, on "The Passion of the Christ"]