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From: Kyle Jones <kyle_jones@wonderworks.com>
To: Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@srce.hr>
Cc: XEmacs Developers <xemacs-beta@xemacs.org>
Subject: Re: Dired off-by-one-error
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Hrvoje Niksic writes:
 > Kyle Jones <kyle_jones@wonderworks.com> writes:
 > 
 > > Most likely it is the keymap lookup bug that exists if you use a
 > > start-open extent.
 > 
 > It's not a bug, it's a feature.  Although, I am no longer sure how
 > useful that feature is.
 > 
 > 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.  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.

