Re: transient-mark-mode goes to edge of screen not end of line

[Dan Jacobson]

>> Gentlemen, transient-mark-mode's blue area extends to the right edge
>> of the screen, making some users uncomfortable as it would thus not
>> reveal any trailing blanks at the ends of lines, and "there's
>> nothing there but it acts like there is".
 
>> Consider what happens when one selects an area with the mouse in
>> your average browser.  I would expect emacs to act like that.

P> You where about to propose that the marked area covers existing
P> chars only? Modulo EOL stuff...

Yes, or make it the new default with an option to go back to the bad
old way.
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