Re: Transient Mark Mode on by default

[Jari Aalto]

* Mon 2008-03-24 Alan Mackenzie <address@hidden> gmane.emacs.devel
* Message-Id: address@hidden
> Hi, Yidong and Emacs!
>
> On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 07:00:10PM -0400, Chong Yidong wrote:
>> that Transient Mark Mode is now turned on by default, in the trunk.
>
> I feel I must protest here as strongly as I can.

Just like the font-lock, the starting users expect certain features to
be default in programs.

This is good news and helps introducing Emacs to the wider audience.
The opposite can be easily be configured in ~/.emacs

Jari