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: Enabling Transient Mark Mode by default Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 07:24:19 +0900 Message-ID: <87d4qqkkx8.fsf@catnip.gol.com> References: <87myq4saw1.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <200802190938.m1J9ccVg016565@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <20080219190127.GA1106@muc.de> <877ih0o9dx.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <86lk5f4fjb.fsf@timbral.net> <87ejb7babz.fsf@xmission.com> <85lk5fcod6.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <87ablvb4om.fsf@xmission.com> <85lk5fb3ym.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <8763wjb0nk.fsf@xmission.com> <864pc2tyw0.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz> <86zltuqsmn.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz> <86r6f6qnqy.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz> <85abluasqg.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> 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 1203632742 31186 80.91.229.12 (21 Feb 2008 22:25:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 22:25:42 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Evans Winner , Jason Earl , Stefan Monnier , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: David Kastrup Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Feb 21 23:26:06 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 1JSJrg-0000GS-JE for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:26:04 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JSJrB-0002Lc-EB for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:25:33 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JSJqG-0001r0-6y for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:24:36 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JSJqA-0001mf-WB for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:24:35 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JSJqA-0001mU-PV for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:24:30 -0500 Original-Received: from smtp11.dentaku.gol.com ([203.216.5.73]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JSJq3-0005Sn-Gx; Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:24:23 -0500 Original-Received: from 203-216-97-013.dsl.gol.ne.jp ([203.216.97.13] helo=catnip.gol.com) by smtp11.dentaku.gol.com with esmtpa (Dentaku) id 1JSJq0-00015o-Ff; Fri, 22 Feb 2008 07:24:20 +0900 Original-Received: by catnip.gol.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 042672FF7; Fri, 22 Feb 2008 07:24:19 +0900 (JST) System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu In-Reply-To: <85abluasqg.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> (David Kastrup's message of "Thu, 21 Feb 2008 22:45:43 +0100") Original-Lines: 15 X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV GOL (outbound) X-Abuse-Complaints: abuse@gol.com X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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:89866 Archived-At: David Kastrup writes: > I have to admit to actually only using mark-whole-buffer of all those. > And C-x h M-w is a pretty frequent key combination for me. I don't > think I would be all too happy about the whole screen flashing in yellow > for that, but I could probably live with that as a price for some > consistency. Actually I like the fact that the entire screen gets highlighted -- it's a bit of extra visual confirmation that I didn't make a typo... :-/ -Miles -- "Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it." Mahatma Gandhi