Xref: utzoo comp.editors:2899 comp.emacs:10468 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!emory!att!cbnewse!danj1 From: Dan_Jacobson@ATT.COM Newsgroups: comp.editors,comp.emacs Subject: Re: select region in emacs (highlighting) Message-ID: Date: 5 Apr 91 17:46:04 GMT References: <1991Apr5.100607.21569@engin.umich.edu> Sender: danj1@cbnewse.att.com (Dan Jacobson) Reply-To: Dan_Jacobson@ihlpz.att.com Organization: AT&T-BL, Naperville IL, USA Lines: 22 In-Reply-To: mjo@irie.ais.org's message of 5 Apr 91 10:06:07 GMT >>>>> On 5 Apr 91 10:06:07 GMT, mjo@irie.ais.org (Mike O'Connor) said: Mike> In article davis@pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu (John E. Davis) writes: :Actually I am happy that emacs does not highlight the region for me. This is :because I work fromn home alot at 1200 baud. To highlight a region requires :redrawing the whole region then to un-highlight it requires redrawing it :again. Using ^X^X twice is probably alot faster than this. My time is too :valuable for the unecessary screen redrawing. (saving time is why I prefer :emacs in the first place!) Mike> However, emacs should have this feature for those that want it. I Mike> wouldn't go overboard trying to defend lack-of-functionality, Mike> especially from a text editor that doubles as a newsreader and palys Mike> Tower of Hanoi! I think I heard GNU Emacs will do that highlighting in the future version 19. Mike> ==== Mike> Mike O'Connor -- Dan_Jacobson@ATT.COM Naperville IL USA +1 708 979 6364