Re: Transient Mark Mode on by default

[Jan Djärv]

Richard Stallman skrev:
>       Similarly, Transient Mark mode works very well (due to years
>     of Emacs hackers turning it on in their own init files), and provides
>     a real benefit to new users (direct visual feedback).
>
> It is a total pain in the neck unless mark-even-if-inactive is t.

mark-even-if-inactive seems to be t by default.

> If you are considering a drasticly incompatble change, discussing it
> on this list is not enough.  You should poll the users first.  Polling
> the users means making an announcement on info-gnu-emacs and
> help-gnu-emacs, asking people to try the feature and say what they
> think.


FWIW, I think t-m-m should be on by default.  A poll may be OK, but if turning 
on t-m-m is for new users (and the new users I've seen really want it on) a 
poll will not reach those users.  IMHO we should take a look at how other 
applications behaves GUI-wise and adjust Emacs defaults to be as similar as it 
can.  A revert-to-classic-emacs option is a good idea, but may be difficult to 
implement.  I guess the opinion on what is classical Emacs differs a lot 
between experienced users :-).


        Jan D.