From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Barry Margolin Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: how to activate region Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 01:12:43 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Message-ID: References: <20524da70905131519v27e4ac8drf87ffad29555b5f0@mail.gmail.com> <20524da70905132132t816d18cic39130e32bb2c5d0@mail.gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1242279807 7906 80.91.229.12 (14 May 2009 05:43:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 05:43:27 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu May 14 07:43:20 2009 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 4.50) id 1M4Tiw-0004he-Q2 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 14 May 2009 07:43:19 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:34401 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1M4Tiw-0007Oh-AW for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 14 May 2009 01:43:18 -0400 Original-Path: news.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!news.glorb.com!news2.glorb.com!feeder.motzarella.org!news.motzarella.org!eternal-september.org!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 32 Original-X-Trace: news.eternal-september.org U2FsdGVkX19+LmD4Vp3QQvG77c3tk36kGoVbT5n/jk+GJkPJVUHpfjTEhfB0EVGYebjAJ5f3ElHjN/kTABQKvI3IWEMOAZ3Mjoi3dy6tWEV9H2FWwEzuvt8fC1rmDKbNebmSmijgq60H0dduo5JpKg== Original-X-Complaints-To: Please send complaints to abuse@motzarella.org with full headers Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 05:12:43 +0000 (UTC) X-Auth-Sender: U2FsdGVkX19N+D84du6E+HwOfrrNucTpUlurJGWWj6o= Cancel-Lock: sha1:MEk/lBxYGQw1U4nbqFemNGm9YK4= User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.5.3b3 (Intel Mac OS X) Mail-Copies-To: nobody Original-Xref: news.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:169141 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:64405 Archived-At: In article , Kevin Rodgers wrote: > Samuel Wales wrote: > > On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 16:16, Leo wrote: > >> C-SPC twice. > > > > That, unfortunately, has the side effect of setting mark. > > ,----[ C-h k C-x C-x ] > | C-x C-x runs the command exchange-point-and-mark > | which is an interactive compiled Lisp function in `simple.el'. > | It is bound to C-x C-x. > | (exchange-point-and-mark &optional arg) > | > | Put the mark where point is now, and point where the mark is now. > | This command works even when the mark is not active, > | and it reactivates the mark. > | With prefix arg, `transient-mark-mode' is enabled temporarily. > | > | [back] > `---- Perhaps if transient-mark-mode is already enabled, the prefix arg *should* do what the OP wants, which is to just activate the mark without moving point. -- Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu Arlington, MA *** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me *** *** PLEASE don't copy me on replies, I'll read them in the group ***