Re: Tweaking t-m-m to make room for d-s-m

[Alan Mackenzie]

Hi, Stefan,

On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 12:27:50PM -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote:

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> This C-x C-x issue can also be solved if we can come up with a short
> key-binding that activates the region (in which case C-x C-x doesn't
> need to activate the region).  Notice that we also have a need for
> a short key-binding to deactivate the region (one that has fewer
> side-effects than C-g, e.g. can be embedded in a keyboard macro).
> So maybe the answer to all this is to find a "short" key-binding that
> can toggle the region's active status.

How about C-x C-y bound to `toggle-active-region'?  C-x C-y appears to be
unused (at least, according to the Emacs manual), is very "close" to C-x
C-x, and is non-difficult to type.

>         Stefan

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