Re: Transient Mark Mode on by default

[Chong Yidong]

address@hidden (Kim F. Storm) writes:

> Chong Yidong <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> Furthermore, making shift-selection a 1st class feature isn't too
>> difficult, as I've previously shown.  It also has the advantage of
>> integrating with and complementing mouse-selection (e.g., you can select
>> a region with the mouse, then extend it with shift-selection).
>
> I've also suggested ways to make shift-selection a 1st class feature
> based on the CUA approach - by moving part of the stuff that is currently
> in the pre-/post-command-hooks into the command loop, and only call the
> (modified) CUA-functions when certain conditions are true.

Right, but Stefan also wanted to modify the way momentary selection
(a.k.a. tmm `only' mode) works, to make it less fragile.

> If we name the property something like shift-select, then the help
> system can easily tell people that "applying the Shift modifier to
> this command will start or extend the active region".  

It wouldn't be any harder to make describe-function describe the `^'
spec.  Actually, it ought to decribe the `@' and `*' specs anyway.