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Re: Emacs block indentation


From: David Combs
Subject: Re: Emacs block indentation
Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:56:59 +0000 (UTC)

In article <82iqeww9wf.fsf@alum.mit.edu>,
John A Pershing Jr  <pershing@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
>Jaideep Das <jaideep.jdof@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> John A Pershing Jr wrote:
>
>>>  No, the region has not been deselected.  All that has happened is
>>> that the "active" flag has been cleared.  The indent/outdent functions
>>> ignore the "active" flag.
>
>> How do you reactivate the region.
>
>Exchanging point and mark (C-x C-x, by default) will reactivate the
>region.  However, unless you are invoking a function that behaves
>differently depending on whether the region is active or not, you
>generally don't have to do this.  For instance, in your previous query
>about repeatedly in/outdenting the region, it doesn't matter whether the
>region is "active" -- it will still get in/outdented.
>
>[I'm beginning to think it was a mistake to turn on transient mark mode
>by default; it seems to be generating more confusion than it is worth.]
>
>  -jp

Someone please comment on that final sentence, re transient-mark-mode.

Thanks!

David




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