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Isearch should clear shift-selected region

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Message #21 received at 15513 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 15513 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, cyd <at> gnu.org, Yuri Khan <yuri.v.khan <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#15513: Isearch should clear shift-selected region
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2021 17:07:25 +0200

Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:

> Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
>
>> Actually, any highlighted region is a transient region.  Motion commands
>> deactivate the current selection only in the case where the selection
>> was made with shifted motion commands.
>>
>> So C-s should only deactivate the region if it has been activated by
>> shifted motion commands.
>
> I think that makes sense -- but Emacs has worked this way for a long
> time now, and I can't recall seeing many complaints about the behaviour
> of `C-S-right C-s', so changing the behaviour may annoy people.
>
> Anybody got an opinion here?

Nobody had an opinion in a month, so I think the least wrong solution
here is to not change the behaviour here, and I'm closing this bug
report.

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