From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Milan Zamazal Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: No kill-ring-save region signalling in transient-mark-mode Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 09:47:08 +0200 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <87brl9sy9v.fsf@zamazal.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1083312433 27253 80.91.224.253 (30 Apr 2004 08:07:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 08:07:13 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Fri Apr 30 10:07:05 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BJT33-0003gU-00 for ; Fri, 30 Apr 2004 10:07:05 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BJT32-0006xs-00 for ; Fri, 30 Apr 2004 10:07:05 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BJSp7-00052T-AU for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Fri, 30 Apr 2004 03:52:41 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1BJSoF-0004wm-IK for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Apr 2004 03:51:47 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1BJSnc-00047u-Im for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Apr 2004 03:51:41 -0400 Original-Received: from [80.91.224.249] (helo=main.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BJSnb-000461-Nr for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Apr 2004 03:51:07 -0400 Original-Received: from root by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BJSna-0005mQ-00 for ; Fri, 30 Apr 2004 09:51:06 +0200 Original-Received: from i110.brno.mistral.cz ([62.245.104.110]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 30 Apr 2004 09:51:06 +0200 Original-Received: from pdm by i110.brno.mistral.cz with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 30 Apr 2004 09:51:06 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-Lines: 17 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: i110.brno.mistral.cz X-Face: >kl&pL}(a*u\BCj7Q, \Yoq35~, 4dAu"CPGaJ[ahMli9uu#aF7dWxc3L.eaK2RWRU|', E+. -':&gJ-JAZ/N$f^4-3?G7M&Knna[A=lJ$}^!%@vuvulVl6-)x.V8RZ7fW9< User-Agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:DhPI0lsLh+fWUl6Pk5VTQSng3xQ= X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:22413 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:22413 In the current CVS version, the function kill-ring-save doesn't signal visible region boundaries with moving cursor when transient-mark-mode is enabled. This is probably based on a false assumption that region highlighting is always visible in transient-mark-mode. But it may not be so -- I use transient-mark-mode for its other effects and disable the highlighting. Thus when I apply `M-w', I can't see what region was killed. So I suggest to add a user option that can re-enable visible region signalling in kill-ring-save. What do you think about it? Milan Zamazal -- As is typical in civilized (i.e., non-corporate) email discussions, my remarks *follow* (not precede) their context. -- Branden Robinson in debian-legal