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To: Kyle Jones <kyle_jones@wonderworks.com>
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Subject: Re: Dired off-by-one-error
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From: Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@srce.hr>
Date: 21 Sep 1997 02:06:47 +0200
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Kyle Jones <kyle_jones@wonderworks.com> writes:

>  > When entering keys from the keyboard, it still seems logical to
>  > respect to which extent the key will go to, and use that
>  > keymap.
> 
> It's logical only if you presuppose that the key will be inserted.
> If you're using the extent region as a static tag instead of a
> input area, it doesn't make sense.

But if the key won't be inserted, you can as well make the extent
start-closed, and be done with it -- like my patch to dired-xemacs.el
does.

However, it is a little-bit tough to explain people why clicking on
the first character of a start-open extent doesn't "work".

> It seems reasonable to be able to specify which way you want to use
> an extent keymap, but I think another property should be chosen to
> express this.

That property is called `start-closed'. :-)  Seriously, I agree with
you.  But all of this is too much of a hussle, and with too little
utility.  The simplest thing, really, is to just unapply my patch.

-- 
Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@srce.hr> | Student at FER Zagreb, Croatia
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* Q: What is an experienced Emacs user?
* A: A person who wishes that the terminal had pedals.

