Re: transient-mark-mode goes to edge of screen not end of line

[Paul Repacholi <prep@prep.synonet.com>]

jidanni@dman.ddts.net (Dan Jacobson) writes:

> Gentlemen, transient-mark-mode's blue area extends to the right edge
> of the screen, making some users uncomfortable as it would thus not
> reveal any trailing blanks at the ends of lines, and "there's
> nothing there but it acts like there is".
 
> Consider what happens when one selects an area with the mouse in
> your average browser.  I would expect emacs to act like that.  Uh
> oh, marking with the mouse in rxvt seems to go to the edge of
> screen, never mind that then.

Well, then, it *MUST* be broken ;) if rxvt does it...

You where about to propose that the marked area covers existing
chars only? Modulo EOL stuff...

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