Re: Transient Mark Mode on by default

[Jason Rumney]

Thomas Lord wrote:
> That's not the problem.
> The problem is that calling it "windows/mac highlighting"
> suggests that it works that way for users -- that it actually
> has a "look and feel" that matches those other systems.
> It doesn't match those other systems so that's misleading.

Yes, that is a problem. If the reason for enabling TMM by default is to 
make life easier for new users, then I think it is not enough of an 
improvement without also enabling selection with Shift-movement keys. If 
enabling TMM by default upsets many long-time users, then perhaps it is 
better to only enable temporary-TMM when the Shift-movement keys are 
used to select, and leave the behaviour of traditional Emacs keys alone.