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"(emacs) Mark" should contrast to "selecting" text in other editors

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Message #46 received at 50950 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
Cc: 50950 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, stefan <at> marxist.se
Subject: Re: bug#50950: "(emacs) Mark" should contrast to "selecting" text in
 other editors
Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2021 13:05:07 +0300

> Cc: 50950 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
> Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2021 10:34:53 +0200
> 
>  > And one more difference to consider: Emacs commands that move far
>  > enough away usually set the mark at the original position, thus
>  > implicitly setting the region.  That region is by default inactive,
>  > but can be activated by a single command.
> 
> The most significant difference IMHO is that the region may change when
> scrolling a window.

The region changes whenever point changes, so there are many other
situations where it changes.  But the one you mention above is not
something that will surprise users, because it happens in other apps
as well, right?

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