Re: Shift selection using interactive spec

[David Kastrup]

Thomas Lord <address@hidden> writes:

> A problem (in my view) with such an approach
> is that transient mark mode has the wrong semantics
> to implement shift-marking.
>
> Transient mark mode is just about the appearance
> of the display -- whether or not the current region
> is highlighted.

Uh, no.  It is also about whether or not the current region is actively
modifying a number of commands.

> Shift-marking and other kinds of popular-style marking
> are about more than display -- it's about marks that go away
> by default, unless you keep them.

That's what the "transient" in "transient-mark-mode" is about.  Look it
up in a dictionary.  It has to be transient because it modifies the
behavior of many commands, and thus you want it deactivated as soon as
it may no longer be relevant.

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