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Re: region-active-p
From: |
Miles Bader |
Subject: |
Re: region-active-p |
Date: |
Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:59:30 +0900 |
David Kastrup <address@hidden> writes:
>> Personally I think we should just use region-active-p, with non-empty
>> test by default -- the incompatibility with xemacs is minor, and I
>> think it's far more important that the code in Emacs be clear. I'm
>> sure package authors can cope in those (very few) cases where it
>> actually makes any difference.
>
> But the standard test _is_ (and transient-make-mode mark-active) and has
> been so for eternities. And it will stay that way for external packages
> for a long time to come. So we will get inconsistent behavior.
Who cares? In most cases, the new behavior is _better_.
In other words, it seems likely that the number of times a user is
_helped_ because the new behavior is more intuitive, will exceed the
number of times a user is confused because the behavior is not 100% the
same as it was previously.
-Miles
--
My books focus on timeless truths. -- Donald Knuth
- Re: region-active-p, (continued)
- RE: region-active-p, Drew Adams, 2007/10/30
- Re: region-active-p, Stefan Monnier, 2007/10/30
- RE: region-active-p, Drew Adams, 2007/10/30
- Re: region-active-p, Stefan Monnier, 2007/10/30
- RE: region-active-p, Drew Adams, 2007/10/30
- Re: region-active-p, Stefan Monnier, 2007/10/30
- Re: region-active-p, Miles Bader, 2007/10/30
- Re: region-active-p, David Kastrup, 2007/10/31
- Re: region-active-p,
Miles Bader <=
- Re: region-active-p, Richard Stallman, 2007/10/31
- Re: region-active-p, Richard Stallman, 2007/10/31
- Re: region-active-p, Miles Bader, 2007/10/31
- Re: region-active-p, Richard Stallman, 2007/10/31
- Re: region-active-p, Miles Bader, 2007/10/31
- Re: region-active-p, Stefan Monnier, 2007/10/31
- Re: region-active-p, Andreas Röhler, 2007/10/29
- Re: region-active-p, Andreas Röhler, 2007/10/22
- Re: region-active-p, Stephen J. Turnbull, 2007/10/21
- Re: region-active-p, Reiner Steib, 2007/10/21