From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Harry Putnam Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Ctrl-x Ctrl-x (exchange-point-and-mark) Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 20:30:41 -0500 Organization: Still searching... Message-ID: <87r5lfqnge.fsf@newsguy.com> References: <87d3x3wnkq.fsf@newsguy.com> <87632vcx8b.fsf@gmail.com> <87wrvavhen.fsf@newsguy.com> <87vdautvzq.fsf@newsguy.com> <87pr12rtap.fsf@newsguy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1273800695 9144 80.91.229.12 (14 May 2010 01:31:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 14 May 2010 01:31:35 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri May 14 03:31:34 2010 connect(): No such file or directory Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OCjkT-0005sv-Mo for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 14 May 2010 03:31:34 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40217 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OCjkT-0000EY-3m for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 13 May 2010 21:31:33 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=51212 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OCjk1-0000BQ-VF for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 13 May 2010 21:31:08 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OCjk0-00055v-AF for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 13 May 2010 21:31:05 -0400 Original-Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:47845) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OCjjz-00055T-On for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 13 May 2010 21:31:04 -0400 Original-Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OCjjv-0005fU-RY for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 14 May 2010 03:30:59 +0200 Original-Received: from c-98-215-178-110.hsd1.in.comcast.net ([98.215.178.110]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 14 May 2010 03:30:59 +0200 Original-Received: from reader by c-98-215-178-110.hsd1.in.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 14 May 2010 03:30:59 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ connect(): No such file or directory Original-Lines: 30 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: c-98-215-178-110.hsd1.in.comcast.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:pRiBvz9ecrIKKIHcMfkag9ys6JI= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:73648 Archived-At: Tim Visher writes: > On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 6:02 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: >> Tim Visher writes: >> >>> Am I understanding correctly that what you're trying to accomplish is >>> to not have the current region highlighted when you C-x C-x? >> >> Your understanding it alright, just missing what was in the OP: >> >> Harry wrote in OP: >>> > I don't want to turn off the newish behavior of how regions are >>> > selected, where it takes two strikes of spc bar to turn it off.  I >>> > know there is a way to turn that off, but wondered if I might be >>> > able to ditch that un-wanted behavior some other way. > > Whoops. I guess my next question would be why you don't want to just > turn it off. What does that feature do that you're using? Perhaps by > elaborating in that direction we could come to a solution that meets > your needs. I'm pretty much decided its not a bit enough annoyance to do much else about. I hated the default `on' regional highlight when they first changed it. You used to have to activate it on purpose. But secretly it was growing on me I guess, because recently turning it off, and I missed it right away. I don't really purposely use it... its just a visual reminder of what you have in the region... handy lots of times just knowing that.