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

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Allen Li <darkfeline <at> felesatra.moe>
Cc: 43209 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#43209: 27.1; rectangle-mark-mode does not activate region if transient mark mode disabled
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2021 14:21:06 +0200

Allen Li <darkfeline <at> felesatra.moe> writes:

>  I'm not quite sure I fully understand the suggestion -- do you mean that
>  `C-x SPC' should switch transient-mark-mode on if it isn't already?
>  (And then switch it off again in `deactivate-mark-hook'?)
>
> Behavior-wise, it should work the same as `C-SPC C-SPC` when
> transient-mark-mode is off,
> (temporarily enable transient-mark-mode and active region).
> I don't remember how that is implemented off the top of my head.

We don't normally switch transient mark mode on (even temporarily)
unless the user has requested so (with `C-SPC C-SPC', for instance).  So
I still don't understand why this rectangle command should do so.

`C-x SPC' seems to work fine both with transient mode on or off, as far
as I can tell?

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