highlighting a region doesn't work
reddit / emacs

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IcePhoneX_ · 2022-08-05 10:45

I recently got a new computer and installed fedora 36 on it, then i
installed emacs via the dnf package manager and got this problem where
when i press C-SPC the mark is apparently set but moving around
doesn't highlight text. Not knowing what to do (I only used emacs for
a few weeks prior to that), I installed the flatpak version instead,
which produced the same result, I have no clue what to try next, I
would appreciate any suggestion

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Hagge5 · 2022-08-05 10:50

I think the region being "highlighted" is controlled by transient-
mark-mode. Is it disabled?

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IcePhoneX_ · 2022-08-05 11:18

Sorry, but I'm  not sure how to, Do I have to add something to my
.emacs?

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IcePhoneX_ · 2022-08-05 11:28

update: i got it to work, It was not a problem with transient-mark-
mode which was activated but it was i problem with the background
color in my font face apparently

thanks for your help c:

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guygastineau · 2022-08-05 19:06

I'm glad you discovered the issue.  As I was reading your post I
expected it was a color/contrast issue.  For reference, if you are
ever not sure about what is being highlighted, I suggest killing it
with Ctrl-w.  You will immediately know if it did something.  Another
trick concerning the kill-ring.  If you ever aren't sure about what
you've added to it, you can use Alt-y instead of Ctrl-y to browse the
kill-ring letting you see what you have done and making it easy to
chose the snippet you want.

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IcePhoneX_ · 2022-08-05 21:21

Thank you for your help and your time, I'll remeber thos things in
case it happens again