GNU bug report logs - #16403
24.3.50; Rectangular selection visually disturbing

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From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: Drew Adams via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text
 editors" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
Cc: "16403 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <16403 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>,
 Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>,
 Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>, Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo <at> gmail.com>,
 Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Subject: Re: bug#16403: Rectangular selection visually disturbing
Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2025 09:40:01 +0200

> IOW, have an option for the highlighting behavior
> when zero columns are selected:
>
>  1. No highlighting (no thin space, so no apparent
>     movement).
>     E.g., numeric value N, for highlighting after
>     N seconds.  (0 means what you suggested.)
>  2. Highlighting with face `region'.
>     E.g., value nil.
>  3. Highlighting with another face.
>     E.g., value that face.

Should this option be applied to the non-rectangular empty region
as well?  I.e. as soon as you type 'C-SPC' should it indicate
with the same narrow line that the selection is activated?
Or maybe such indication is not necessary if an empty region
is ignored anyway when use-empty-active-region is nil?

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