Re: Shift selection using interactive spec

[Robert J. Chassell]

As far as I can see, `transient-mark-mode' is a misnomer for
`transient-activated-region'.

The region that `C-x C-x' runs (exchange-point-and-mark) is not
normally highighted since that would leave highlighting when people
navigate with marks.  

You will note that `exchange-point-and-mark' does not turn on
`transient-mark-mode'; only `exchange-point-and-mark' with a prefix
argument does.  The command set-mark-command with a prefix argument
not only pops the mark, it does not show highlighting even when
`transient-mark-mode' is on.

It is a good idea to highlight non-standard activated regions with a
different color than a turned-on `transient-mark-mode' produces since
people cannot simply look a word ahead or look at a whole buffer to
see such an activated region.


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