From: Bastien <bzg@altern.org>
To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Transient Mark Mode on by default
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 02:45:52 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87zlsnzicv.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080324200911.GA1310@muc.de> (Alan Mackenzie's message of "Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:09:11 +0000")
Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de> writes:
> Evans Winner, in his post from 2008-02-20 (Message-ID:
> <86lk5f4fjb.fsf@timbral.net>) tells us how his unthinking enablement
> of TMM prevented him from understanding the versatility of the mark.
> It seems to me (though I may be wrong, of course) that it was the
> (somewhat arbitrary) complexity imposed by TMM which disguised the
> ingenious simplicity of the mark.
Maybe people overlooked this argument so far, but this is a strong one.
In the same stream of thoughts, if Transient Mark Mode is enabled by
default then beginners (or those who never customize their Emacs) will
always live in this world:
no highlighted region = no active mark
No sure they will gain something from that. And C-SPC C-SPC is really
not *that* far, is it?
--
Bastien
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-03-25 1:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 152+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-03-23 23:00 Transient Mark Mode on by default Chong Yidong
2008-03-24 10:15 ` Tassilo Horn
2008-03-24 11:55 ` Alan Mackenzie
2008-03-24 13:06 ` Juanma Barranquero
2008-03-24 13:28 ` Tassilo Horn
2008-03-24 13:57 ` Richard Stallman
2008-03-24 15:05 ` Chong Yidong
2008-03-24 15:15 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-03-24 20:09 ` Alan Mackenzie
2008-03-24 20:32 ` Drew Adams
2008-03-24 21:02 ` Alan Mackenzie
2008-03-25 18:31 ` Richard Stallman
2008-03-30 19:19 ` M Jared Finder
2008-03-30 19:34 ` Peter Danenberg
2008-03-30 19:42 ` paul r
2008-03-30 19:47 ` David Kastrup
2008-03-30 20:24 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-03-30 20:29 ` David Kastrup
2008-03-30 20:37 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-03-31 3:10 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2008-03-31 7:48 ` David Kastrup
2008-03-31 9:42 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2008-03-31 9:18 ` Jason Rumney
2008-03-30 21:51 ` Mike Mattie
2008-03-30 22:16 ` M Jared Finder
2008-03-31 7:46 ` David Kastrup
2008-03-31 8:00 ` M Jared Finder
2008-03-31 8:07 ` David Kastrup
2008-03-30 19:45 ` David Kastrup
2008-03-30 20:29 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-03-30 22:42 ` Thomas Lord
2008-03-30 23:11 ` Thomas Lord
2008-03-30 23:50 ` William Xu
2008-03-31 3:23 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2008-03-31 3:36 ` William Xu
2008-03-31 16:25 ` Richard Stallman
2008-03-31 18:08 ` Thomas Lord
2008-04-01 0:20 ` Kim F. Storm
2008-04-01 0:40 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-04-01 1:24 ` Thomas Lord
2008-04-01 1:26 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-04-01 6:14 ` David Kastrup
2008-04-01 21:34 ` Chong Yidong
2008-04-02 13:53 ` Kim F. Storm
2008-04-02 16:27 ` Chong Yidong
2008-04-02 17:34 ` Richard Stallman
2008-04-02 18:05 ` Drew Adams
2008-04-02 22:07 ` Richard Stallman
2008-04-02 20:27 ` Chong Yidong
2008-04-02 21:29 ` Kim F. Storm
2008-04-06 10:09 ` cua-selection-mode by default (was: Transient Mark Mode on by default) David Kastrup
2008-04-01 21:04 ` Transient Mark Mode on by default Richard Stallman
2008-04-01 21:05 ` Richard Stallman
2008-04-01 21:53 ` Thomas Lord
2008-04-02 7:45 ` Thomas Lord
2008-03-24 22:34 ` Drew Adams
2008-03-25 1:45 ` Bastien [this message]
2008-03-25 1:41 ` Bastien
2008-03-24 17:28 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-03-24 19:54 ` paul r
2008-03-24 20:36 ` Drew Adams
2008-03-24 20:57 ` paul r
2008-03-24 21:04 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-03-24 21:42 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-03-24 21:23 ` Drew Adams
2008-03-29 9:18 ` Jari Aalto
2008-03-24 22:28 ` Sascha Wilde
2008-03-24 23:01 ` Mike Mattie
2008-03-24 23:11 ` paul r
2008-03-24 23:34 ` Mike Mattie
2008-03-24 23:44 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-03-24 23:57 ` paul r
2008-03-25 1:54 ` Bastien
2008-03-25 11:25 ` paul r
2008-03-25 23:49 ` Bastien
2008-03-26 8:49 ` paul r
2008-03-24 22:15 ` Honoring traditional defaults [was: Transient Mark Mode on by default] Stephen J. Turnbull
2008-03-24 22:47 ` Honoring traditional defaults [was: Transient Mark Mode on bydefault] Drew Adams
2008-03-24 23:29 ` paul r
2008-03-24 23:33 ` Drew Adams
2008-03-25 7:37 ` Mathias Dahl
2008-03-25 2:06 ` Honoring traditional defaults Bastien
2008-03-25 2:23 ` Bastien
2008-03-25 3:00 ` Mike Mattie
2008-03-25 5:23 ` Honoring traditional defaults [was: Transient Mark Mode on bydefault] Stephen J. Turnbull
2008-03-25 7:21 ` Honoring traditional defaults [was: Transient Mark Mode onbydefault] Drew Adams
2008-03-25 19:36 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2008-03-25 21:38 ` Honoring traditional defaults - how to do it. [was: Transient Mark Mode on bydefault] Alan Mackenzie
2008-03-25 21:42 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-03-25 22:26 ` Honoring traditional defaults - how to do it. [was: Transient MarkMode " Drew Adams
2008-03-25 23:53 ` Alan Mackenzie
2008-03-26 1:49 ` Mathias Dahl
2008-03-25 22:28 ` Honoring traditional defaults - how to do it. [was: Transient Mark Mode " paul r
2008-03-25 23:31 ` Alan Mackenzie
2008-03-31 16:24 ` Richard Stallman
2008-03-31 21:12 ` Alan Mackenzie
2008-04-02 2:53 ` Richard Stallman
2008-04-02 11:15 ` Alan Mackenzie
2008-03-31 22:06 ` Mike Mattie
2008-03-24 23:22 ` Honoring traditional defaults Sascha Wilde
2008-03-24 23:38 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-03-25 12:23 ` Sascha Wilde
2008-03-25 5:17 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2008-03-25 0:12 ` Honoring traditional defaults [was: Transient Mark Mode on by default] Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-03-25 20:53 ` Alan Mackenzie
2008-03-25 21:00 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-03-26 1:55 ` Mike Mattie
2008-03-26 7:01 ` Transient Mark Mode on by default Drew Adams
2008-03-26 6:54 ` Honoring traditional defaults [was: Transient Mark Mode on by default] Stephen J. Turnbull
2008-03-29 9:52 ` Jari Aalto
2008-03-24 18:40 ` Transient Mark Mode on by default Sascha Wilde
2008-03-24 19:09 ` Chong Yidong
2008-03-24 20:16 ` Sascha Wilde
2008-03-24 20:40 ` paul r
2008-03-24 20:55 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-03-25 3:21 ` Evans Winner
2008-03-24 20:46 ` Drew Adams
2008-03-24 21:47 ` Alan Mackenzie
2008-03-25 0:29 ` Chong Yidong
2008-03-25 0:38 ` Chong Yidong
2008-03-25 8:16 ` Mathias Dahl
2008-03-24 22:27 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2008-03-25 0:07 ` Chong Yidong
2008-03-25 1:50 ` Richard Stallman
2008-03-25 4:06 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-03-25 7:07 ` Drew Adams
2008-03-25 7:23 ` Drew Adams
2008-03-25 13:24 ` Chong Yidong
2008-03-25 13:36 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-03-25 14:19 ` Drew Adams
2008-03-26 4:47 ` Richard Stallman
2008-03-27 2:53 ` Chong Yidong
2008-03-27 14:08 ` paul r
2008-03-25 7:14 ` Jan Djärv
2008-03-25 12:37 ` René Kyllingstad
2008-03-24 22:10 ` Mike Mattie
2008-03-24 23:44 ` Jason Rumney
2008-03-25 0:39 ` Thomas Lord
2008-03-25 1:17 ` Jason Rumney
2008-03-25 3:07 ` Chong Yidong
2008-03-25 7:07 ` Drew Adams
2008-03-25 8:28 ` Mathias Dahl
2008-03-25 21:01 ` Richard Stallman
2008-03-26 0:50 ` Mathias Dahl
2008-03-25 2:12 ` Bastien
2008-03-25 2:50 ` Mike Mattie
2008-03-29 9:01 ` Jari Aalto
2008-03-31 22:48 ` Alan Mackenzie
2008-04-01 0:14 ` Sebastian Rose
2008-04-01 1:09 ` Mike Mattie
2008-04-01 1:16 ` Mike Mattie
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2008-04-01 11:29 Robert J. Chassell
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