bug#23478: 25.0.93; Mouse region selection asymmetry

[Stephen Berman <stephen.berman@gmx.net>]

On Sat, 02 Jul 2016 19:16:56 -0400 npostavs@users.sourceforge.net wrote:

> severity 23478 minor
> tags 23478 patch
> quit
>
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>
>>> From: Stephen Berman <stephen.berman@gmx.net>
>>> Do you really think this should be conditioned by a user option?
>>
>> I do, but let's hear from others.  Anyone?
>
> This behaviour seems much preferable to me, since otherwise it's not
> clear which text gets selected.  I'm not in favour of adding an option,
> but if there must be one, at least let this new behaviour be the
> default.

I agree on both points (prefer no option, but if so default to new).

> Regarding the code, I notice that using (sit-for 0) works as well.

Thanks.  Indeed, even a negative number works.  But zero does seem the
least arbitrary.

> A comment to explain what the calls are for would be nice.

I'll do that when the final version is settled on.  Eli, John, what's
the decision on making this behavior customizable (and if yes, what
default)?

Steve Berman