emacs set marker behavior

emacs set marker behavior

[Yuan Luo]

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Hi,
I am annoyed by the behavior that out of a sudden emacs set marker on
current cursor point and if I go to the end of line or go to the end of
buffer, it selects the regions and by the time I type, that region is cut &
gone!

I want to change its behavior so unless I press Ctrl+@, emacs never sets
marker itself, how do I do that?

Best,
Yuan

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Re: emacs set marker behavior

[Bastien]

Yuan Luo <yuan.hypnos.luo@gmail.com> writes:

> I am annoyed by the behavior that out of a sudden emacs set marker on
> current cursor point and if I go to the end of line or go to the end
> of buffer, it selects the regions and by the time I type, that region
> is cut & gone!
>
> I want to change its behavior so unless I press Ctrl+@, emacs never
> sets marker itself, how do I do that?

(setq delete-active-region nil) so that it doesn't delete the active
region.

-- 
 Bastien

Re: emacs set marker behavior

[XeCycle]

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Yuan Luo <yuan.hypnos.luo@gmail.com> writes:

> Hi,
>
> I am annoyed by the behavior that out of a sudden emacs set
> marker on current cursor point and if I go to the end of line or
> go to the end of buffer, it selects the regions and by the time I
> type, that region is cut & gone! 
>
> I want to change its behavior so unless I press Ctrl+@, emacs
> never sets marker itself, how do I do that?

These markers are useful, but you have probably configured
something else so that these markers become active.  Figure out
what's that, and disable that.

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Re: emacs set marker behavior

[B. T. Raven]

Die Tue May 01 2012 08:06:03 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time) Yuan Luo
<yuan.hypnos.luo@gmail.com> scripsit:

> Hi,
> I am annoyed by the behavior that out of a sudden emacs set marker on
> current cursor point and if I go to the end of line or go to the end of
> buffer, it selects the regions and by the time I type, that region is
> cut & gone! 
> 
> I want to change its behavior so unless I press Ctrl+@, emacs never sets
> marker itself, how do I do that?
> 
> Best,
> Yuan

You mean mark instead of marker, right?
Is this using mouse in console? See gpm-mouse-mode. Also
delete-selection-mode.
Then, you could substitute the "nomark" flavors of many functions for
their "mark" varieties where appropriate.