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From: "B. T. Raven" <btraven@nihilo.net>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: emacs set marker behavior
Date: Sat, 19 May 2012 14:44:58 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jp8t6l0guv@news3.newsguy.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <mailman.354.1335877571.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>

Die Tue May 01 2012 08:06:03 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time) Yuan Luo
<yuan.hypnos.luo@gmail.com> scripsit:

> Hi,
> I am annoyed by the behavior that out of a sudden emacs set marker on
> current cursor point and if I go to the end of line or go to the end of
> buffer, it selects the regions and by the time I type, that region is
> cut & gone! 
> 
> I want to change its behavior so unless I press Ctrl+@, emacs never sets
> marker itself, how do I do that?
> 
> Best,
> Yuan

You mean mark instead of marker, right?
Is this using mouse in console? See gpm-mouse-mode. Also
delete-selection-mode.
Then, you could substitute the "nomark" flavors of many functions for
their "mark" varieties where appropriate.



       reply	other threads:[~2012-05-19 19:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <mailman.354.1335877571.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2012-05-19 19:44 ` B. T. Raven [this message]
2012-05-01 13:06 emacs set marker behavior Yuan Luo
2012-05-01 13:14 ` Bastien
2012-05-01 13:18 ` XeCycle

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