Re: C-x h sets mark, not select all:21.3.50.2 2002-09-15

Re: C-x h sets mark, not select all:21.3.50.2 2002-09-15

[Steven T. Hatton]

On Sunday 15 September 2002 21:45, you wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 15, 2002 at 09:33:02PM -0400, Steven T. Hatton wrote:
> > When I hit C-x h I expect to have the entire buffer selected.  Instead, I
> > get a message "Mark set" in the echo area.
>
> In my emacs (latest CVS), it does both.  Why do you say the entire buffer
> isn't selected --

Good call.  It is being selected, but it is not being highlighted.  It is
highlighted in my SuSE built Emacs 21.1.1.  I have found that it is _not_
highlighted in my 21.2 build.

> do you have transient-mark-mode turned on and the buffer
> isn't getting highlighted?  Where does point end up after you type the
> command?

Transient-mark-mode is, by default, non-nil in the 21.1 build. In 21.2 & 21.5
they are nil by default.  Hmmmm.  Something changed?

Thanks for the help.  That does seem to address the problem.

> -Miles

Re: C-x h sets mark, not select all:21.3.50.2 2002-09-15

[Kai Großjohann]

"Steven T. Hatton" <hattons@speakeasy.net> (by way of Steven T. Hatton <hattons@speakeasy.net>) writes:

> Transient-mark-mode is, by default, non-nil in the 21.1 build. In
> 21.2 & 21.5 they are nil by default.  Hmmmm.  Something changed?

Probably SuSE changed the default config.

kai
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