Re: Enabling Transient Mark Mode by default

[David Kastrup]

"Juanma Barranquero" <address@hidden> writes:

> On Feb 20, 2008 2:09 PM, David Kastrup <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> No.  What is most usable.  We want Emacs to be the best editor
>> available, not the most similar to lesser products.
>
> It can be the best editor available even if some defaults (similar to
> those of "lesser products") make life easier for newbies.
>
>> Transient-mark-mode messes with the normal work flow (and the active
>> region) in a way that is not helpful.  It is not even actually similar
>> to what other software does with regions.
>
> I was commenting on general policy; I don't particularly care about
> transient mark mode.

Solving problems in perfect generality without bothering to look at them
is not necessarily the most effective recipe for actual progress.

-- 
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum