From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Enabling Transient Mark Mode by default Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:41:09 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87myq4saw1.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <878x1ov227.fsf@jurta.org> <878x1os6mt.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <47B39231.8010108@gmail.com> <200802151711.m1FHB3Y3008798@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <200802171658.m1HGwQ4h011067@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <20080219085231.GA1032@muc.de> <200802190938.m1J9ccVg016565@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <20080219190127.GA1106@muc.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1203453706 21069 80.91.229.12 (19 Feb 2008 20:41:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 20:41:46 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rms@gnu.org, lennart.borgman@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org, juri@jurta.org, Dan Nicolaescu , storm@cua.dk, miles@gnu.org To: Alan Mackenzie Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Feb 19 21:42:08 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JRZHr-0008AF-M8 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 19 Feb 2008 21:41:59 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JRZHM-0005kC-W1 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:41:29 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JRZHJ-0005iZ-Gg for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:41:25 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JRZHI-0005iN-1g for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:41:25 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JRZHH-0005iK-Un for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:41:23 -0500 Original-Received: from mercure.iro.umontreal.ca ([132.204.24.67]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JRZHA-00045F-Vo; Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:41:17 -0500 Original-Received: from hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca (hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.50]) by mercure.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A60A2FE89C; Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:41:16 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from faina.iro.umontreal.ca (faina.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.26.177]) by hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1120A3FE0; Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:41:10 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: by faina.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix, from userid 20848) id F06036C809; Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:41:09 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <20080219190127.GA1106@muc.de> (Alan Mackenzie's message of "Tue, 19 Feb 2008 19:01:27 +0000") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-DIRO-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-DIRO-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-DIRO-MailScanner-SpamCheck: n'est pas un polluriel, SpamAssassin (score=-2.82, requis 5, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -2.82) X-DIRO-MailScanner-From: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:89590 Archived-At: > For example, other applications don't have their font-locking > obliterated over 90% of the screen when first displaying a buffer > loaded from desktop. That sounds like a bug. Please be constructive and report it rather than use terms like "obliterate" which are plain wrong since nothing was destroyed or removed, only the appearence was "transient"ly affected. > What would you suggest as a default for the region face on a 16-colour > TTY? I can assure you that dark blue background doesn't cut it. Clearly, you don't like the feature, so just turn it off. Stefan