[ESS] Help - transient mark mode and eval-region

[tyler]

"Munawar Cheema" <mcheema at btinternet.com> writes:

>  
> I was looking for help on the following problem:
>
> If I am edititing a .r file in ESS mode and I highlight a region in
> transient mark mode, if I subsequently hit C-c C-r (eval-region) the mark
> stays active and the region remains highlighted. I then have to use C-g to
> remove the mark/highligting.  Irritatingly if I hit an editing key before
> doing this I delete the region as I seem to be conditioned to assume the
> region is no longer highligted.
>
> I was wondering a) how to modify that

Here's one way: add the following lines to your .emacs. As long as the
defadvice comes after you've loaded ess I think it should work.

;; ESS - the load line should already be in your .emacs:
(load "/home/tyler/dl_src/emacs22/ess-svn/lisp/ess-site.el")

(defadvice ess-eval-region (after unmark-after-eval)
  "Deactivate mark after sending region to the ESS process"
  (deactivate-mark))

(ad-activate 'ess-eval-region)  

This appears to work on my setup, and should be robust to moderate
changes to the ess code.

> and b) whether this should be the default behaviour. 

Don't know. I haven't had this problem, but my preferences may be a
little peculiar. I'll leave it in my .emacs for a while and see if it
makes me a happier or more productive person ;)

HTH,

Tyler

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