RE: [External] : Re: Change default behavior of some commands that act on region?

[Drew Adams]

> If we take a step back, I think we'll see there's a "better optimum"
> in this area when `transient-mark-mode` is in use.  E.g. we could
> combine `downcase-word` and `downcase-region` into a single command
> which will do either of the two depending on `use-region-p`.

Sure, you can do something like that.  But the thread
is not particularly about down-casing.  It's about
some/most/all such commands.

Commands that don't distinguish an active region,
and that can surprise or make unnoticed changes when
`transient-mark-mode' is on and the region is not
active.

`transient-mark-mode' being on is the common case now.
Some commands haven't awakened to see that's the case.