Re: transient-mark-mode: change address@hidden, address@hidden

[Stefan Monnier]

>     I think the issue is not just comment-region.
>     How about providing a "region prefix" command so you can do
> 
>           C-SPC ...move about... \[region-prefix] M-;
> 
>     where `region-prefix' basically activates the mark (if needed),
>     turns on transient-mark-mode and turns it back off right after the next
>     command ?
> 
> This idea seems like a good approach.  I think it would not be a
> prefix command, really, but rather a command that would set a flag
> that is cleared after the next command, much the way C-u sets up a
> numeric argument that is cleared after the next command.

Yes, that's what I meant.  A "prefix region argument".


        Stefan