Subject: Re: bug#42663: 28.0.50; rectangle-mark-mode does not behave as documented when transient-mark-mode is off

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2020 17:46:06 +0200

Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]> writes:

> I'm not sure the current behavior you described is a bug.  You seem to
> be so confident it is that you haven't even provide an explanation why
> you think so, and a naïve reading of the doc string doesn't make that
> obvious (e.g., "if needed" could cover item 1).  In general, when
> transient-mark-mode is off, Emacs behaves differently than when it's
> on, and that's by design.
>
> So could you please provide a more detailed explanation why you think
> these are bugs?

More information was requested some months ago, but none was received,
so I'm closing this bug report.  If this is still a problem, please
respond to the debbugs mail address, and we'll reopen.

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