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From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>
To: Samuel Wales <samologist@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: active region persistence
Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2024 15:44:11 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87mslk7584.fsf@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJcAo8sQqZU=ueQU1iorpaYxeZJk6_qt-6zVz=O0d9PGGSbe3g@mail.gmail.com>

Samuel Wales <samologist@gmail.com> writes:

> when i select subtrees and m-s-right, they demote, and then i have no
> further use for the active region, and have to press c-g.  is it possible
> to turn off the persistence of the region so that it follows earlier
> behavior and disappears once done?

No, it is currently not possible.

> i have not found a use for the new behavior yet, and would like to revert
> if there is a var controlling it.  thanks.  i realize it was a deliberate
> decision and must be a very useful one to others.  :)  ^G feels like a "get
> out of wrongness" fallback command, not an "expected thing you to to turn
> off the region" command.  but that is just me.

I do not mind a customization, but would like to see more users looking
for it or to see some use case explained. I find it hard to understand
why would people _not_ want to keep the region active :)

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      reply	other threads:[~2024-08-10 15:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-08-01  0:39 active region persistence Samuel Wales
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