[comp.emacs] select region in emacs

Dan_Jacobson@ATT.COM (04/06/91)

>>>>> On 5 Apr 91 10:06:07 GMT, mjo@irie.ais.org (Mike O'Connor) said:

Mike> In article <DAVIS.91Apr5030139@pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu> 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 <mjo@ais.org>
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xiaoy@ecf.toronto.edu (XIAO Yan) (04/06/91)

To: Dan_Jacobson@ihlpz.att.com
#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!)

	For God's sake, better modem is not that expensive.  If I were
	you who think 'time is too valuable', I would drop a few $20's to
	get a decent modem.

Xiao

berk@techsys.uucp (techsys consulting) (04/06/91)

need a faster modem?..   I will donate.

rjohnson@vela.acs.oakland.edu (R o d Johnson) (04/06/91)

In article <1991Apr5.182342.328@ecf.utoronto.ca> xiaoy@ecf.toronto.edu (XIAO  Yan) writes:
>	For God's sake, better modem is not that expensive.  If I were
>	you who think 'time is too valuable', I would drop a few $20's to
>	get a decent modem.

Jesus, I hate this attitude.  Some of us worry about making anough
money to get food on the table.  Some of us have higher priorities for
those few $20.  I'm glad you've got them to drop; don't assume
everyone does.



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huxtable@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (Kathryn Huxtable) (04/08/91)

In article <1991Apr5.182342.328@ecf.utoronto.ca> xiaoy@ecf.toronto.edu (XIAO  Yan) writes:
	For God's sake, better modem is not that expensive.  If I were
	you who think 'time is too valuable', I would drop a few $20's to
	get a decent modem.

Even 2400 bps is not that much better than 1200 if we're talking speed
of highlighting/unhighlightling sizeable chunks of text.  And 2400 is
the best some of our hosts provide through dialup.

Personally, I'd like highlighting on request, or for line speeds of
9600 or higher, or for X.  A variable (or hook) to control this seems
reasonable and quite within the Emacs philosophy.

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Kathryn Huxtable
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peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) (04/09/91)

In article <1991Apr5.182342.328@ecf.utoronto.ca> xiaoy@ecf.toronto.edu (XIAO  Yan) writes:
> 	For God's sake, better modem is not that expensive.  If I were
> 	you who think 'time is too valuable', I would drop a few $20's to
> 	get a decent modem.

2400 baud isn't that much better (I have that, and I hate programs that
select by hilighting), and 9600 or greater are more than "a few $20".
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