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28.0.50; rectangle-mark-mode does not behave as documented when transient-mark-mode is off

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Message #24 received at 42663 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Sean Whitton <spwhitton <at> spwhitton.name>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 42663 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#42663: 28.0.50; rectangle-mark-mode does not behave as
 documented when transient-mark-mode is off
Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2021 14:41:51 -0700

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Hello,

On Sun 02 Aug 2020 at 05:12PM +03, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> 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?

Apologies, it was not my intention to suggest that I'm sure the
behaviour should change.  I reported a bug because I found what seemed
like inconsistencies between the documentation and the behaviour of the
command.  From my point of view, improving the documentation without
changing the behaviour of the command would resolve the issue.

Thus, I'm attaching a documentation patch.  Hope it can be installed.

-- 
Sean Whitton

[0001-Improve-rectangle-mark-mode-documentation-regarding-.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

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