From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Stefan Monnier" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: how and why does keyboard input unhighlight the mouse-selected region? Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2003 20:19:12 GMT Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <3F575F5D.3040600@yahoo.com> <3F58D93F.2000005@yahoo.com> <3F5CAAA7.7050709@yahoo.com> <3F5CEB6A.2080705@yahoo.com> <3F5E06B1.2050507@yahoo.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1063143412 1259 80.91.224.253 (9 Sep 2003 21:36:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2003 21:36:52 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Sep 09 23:36:51 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19wqAM-0006v7-00 for ; Tue, 09 Sep 2003 23:36:51 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.22) id 19wq55-0005LS-FG for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 09 Sep 2003 17:31:23 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!snoopy.risq.qc.ca!charlie.risq.qc.ca!53ab2750!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 18 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 132.204.26.236 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@umontreal.ca Original-X-Trace: charlie.risq.qc.ca 1063138752 132.204.26.236 (Tue, 09 Sep 2003 16:19:12 EDT) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2003 16:19:12 EDT Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:116484 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:12403 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:12403 >>>>> Is this a bug that I should report? >>>> No, you just want to turn on transient-mark-mode. >>> I don't think I do. >> Why not ? > Because I find it annoying -- more so than the fact that keyboard input > unhighlights a mouse-selected region. But a follow-mouse.el user I see. In Emacs-CVS there is a notion of temporarily turning on transient-mark-mode, so you could have the mouse-highlight set transient-mark-mode temporarily ON. As for "is it a bug", the highlighting that you see is only meant to be active while you drag the mouse, so it's not a bug (although I agree that it's not my favorite behavior, which is why I use transient-mark-mode). Stefan