From: Mathias Dahl <brakjoller@gmail.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Is transient-mark-mode for newbies?
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 20:09:42 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <u3awhseu1.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mailman.1954.1192116594.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
"Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
>> Or, in other words, are there commands or tricks possible only when
>> transient-mark-mode is off?
>
> IMO, it's fine for newbies - and for everyone else. Some of us have been
> trying to get it to be the default behavior for years.
I tried it for a long time but got pissed off by getting the region
highlighted when I did not want to, one time too many. For example
when using C-x C-x to switch point and mark. Maybe that would have
been possible to turn off, don't know, I was too lazy to find out I
guess.
/Mathias
next parent reply other threads:[~2007-10-11 18:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <mailman.1954.1192116594.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-10-11 18:09 ` Mathias Dahl [this message]
2007-10-11 19:02 ` Is transient-mark-mode for newbies? Eric Hanchrow
2007-10-11 20:36 ` Harald Hanche-Olsen
2007-10-12 7:11 ` Mathias Dahl
2007-10-12 8:36 ` Johan Bockgård
2007-10-15 15:21 ` Mathias Dahl
2007-10-15 16:17 ` Tassilo Horn
2007-10-17 18:31 ` Stefan Monnier
2007-10-17 23:28 ` Johan Bockgård
[not found] ` <mailman.1957.1192129728.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-10-12 7:16 ` Mathias Dahl
2007-10-11 13:32 weber
2007-10-11 14:47 ` Bastien
2007-10-11 15:28 ` Drew Adams
2007-10-12 3:11 ` Barry Margolin
2007-10-12 7:54 ` Johan Bockgård
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