GNU bug report logs - #50954
28.0.60; Shift selection commands moves the mark with active region

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Message #11 received at 50954 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 50954 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#50954: 28.0.60; Shift selection commands moves the mark with
 active region
Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2021 12:17:13 +0200

tags 50954 + fixed
close 50954 28.1
thanks

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> If this is what you expect, you want to customize shift-select-mode to
> 'permanent' (a new value in Emacs 28).  The "usual" expectations are
> different, because shift-selection is documented to set mark.

Aha, excellent.  I see that you already pushed a documentation fix for
this (commit a9052248da42), which looks good to me.  Thanks.

I'm therefore closing this bug.

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