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27.1; rectangle-mark-mode does not activate region if transient mark mode disabled

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Message #11 received at 43209 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Allen Li <darkfeline <at> felesatra.moe>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 43209 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#43209: 27.1; rectangle-mark-mode does not activate region
 if transient mark mode disabled
Date: Sat, 05 Sep 2020 15:25:31 -0700

Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

> I agree that `rectangle-mark-mode' requires
> `transient-mark-mode' to be on.  But only as
> long as `rectangle-mark-mode' is on, i.e.,
> only as long as the region is active.
>
> After that, the previous state of
> `transient-mark-mode' (on or off) should be
> restored.
>
> "Active region" has no meaning outside of
> `transient-mark-mode'.  Anything, including
> `rectangle-mark-mode', that requires the
> notion (and behavior - e.g. highlighting) of
> the "active region" needs `transient-mark-mode'
> to be on (for the duration of that need).

Sure.  I refer to "active region with transient transient-mark-mode" as
just "active region" for brevity.  Basically, I'm saying that C-x SPC
should do the same thing C-SPC C-SPC does when the user has set
transient-mark-mode to nil in their config.

The point of this bug is that C-x SPC does not activate the region (or
does not transiently enable transient-mark-mode and then activate the
region, if you prefer).

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