I wish you a (transient-mark-mode -1) and a happy new year :-) ??? May your transition into the next year be highlighted ???
(comment-add 0) (setq happy-new-year t) Daniel 2008/12/31 Carsten Dominik <domi...@science.uva.nl> > > On Dec 31, 2008, at 12:36 PM, Daniel Clemente wrote: > > >> Thanks. But I had to turn on transient mark mode for it to work. >>>> Intended behavior I guess? >>>> >>> >>> Yes. Everybody should turn it on. Why would you not? >>> >>> >> Why „should" everyone use transient mark mode? Not everyone has to like >> that setting, and some may prefer to work without it. >> >> I myself find it confusing because when I set the mark, I want just to >> mark that point for later use (to jump quickly there, for instance). >> transient-mark-mode assumes that I always want to *start a region*, which is >> not true. >> >> I also like to select text without highlighting; it is less distracting >> and more readable. >> >> >> I wish you a (transient-mark-mode -1) and a happy new year :-) >> > > > OK, point taken. I hardly ever use the mark as a jumping point. > > When I need to remember a position, most of the time I split the > window, go to where I want momentarily in the new window, and > then close that window again. > > I thought that transient-mark-mode was the only way to make use > of commands that automatically use the region if one is active. > But because of your mail, I went back to the Emacs manual and > learned about the Momentary Mark, which is > transient-transient-mark-mode, sort of. Pretty nice, this is > a viable alternative to turning on transient-mark-mode, so viable > that I am now considering turning off transient-mark-mode :-) > > OK, rephrase: > > To use region-sensitive commands, everybody should either > turn on transient-mark-mode, or learn about the momentary mark. > > > May your transition into the next year be highlighted. > > - Carsten > > > > > >> Daniel >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Emacs-orgmode mailing list > Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode >
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