Re: Transient Mark Mode on by default

[Lennart Borgman (gmail)]

Chong Yidong wrote:
> (ii) Modal behavior has been in default Emacs for a long time now,
> e.g. C-s.  I've read a few posts in which people say they find tmm
> works pretty seamlessly, which is the important thing.  Tthis is my
> experience also.

And of course the mark.

> I don't think head-counting is indicative, since what matters is the
> points people make.  But, as far as I can tell, Dan, Stefan, myself,
> Drew, and Lennart have spoken in favor of making tmm the default;
> Mathias says he finds tmm OK; and yourself, Sascha, and David Kastrup
> are against making it the default.  Those who haven't expressed a
> strong opinion either way include Eli, Juanma, Miles (who said he
> thinks tmm works pretty well) and Kim (who wrote CUA mode and
> presumably uses it).  Please correct me if I misrepresented anyone.

My only little objection is that cua-selection-mode might have been a 
better choice to start with and then making that as close to tmm as 
possible without breaking cua of course.

Long time goal: make tmm an alias for cua-selection-mode. But starting 
this way you may perhaps reach making cua-selection an alias for tmm ;-)

And the real point is keeping cua compatibility where it is important + 
enhancements. Getting rid of unnecessary complexity.