Re: Is transient-mark-mode for newbies?

[Mathias Dahl]

"Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:

>> Or, in other words, are there commands or tricks possible only when
>> transient-mark-mode is off?
>
> IMO, it's fine for newbies - and for everyone else. Some of us have been
> trying to get it to be the default behavior for years.

I tried it for a long time but got pissed off by getting the region
highlighted when I did not want to, one time too many. For example
when using C-x C-x to switch point and mark. Maybe that would have
been possible to turn off, don't know, I was too lazy to find out I
guess.

/Mathias