Make region transient in elisp function

Question

I'm trying to write a function that exits isearch leaving the current match selected "transiently", so that the mark is deactivated by any unshifted movement command.

I've tried to modify this function,

(defun isearch-exit-mark-match ()
  "Exit isearch and mark the current match."
  (interactive)
  (isearch-exit)
  (push-mark isearch-other-end)
  (activate-mark))

[source] which does select the matching string, but doesn't do so with a transient mark. How can I fix it?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 27 '18 at 20:43

Base on the implementation of the function handle-shift-selection, you can try something like this

(defun isearch-exit-mark-match ()
  "Exit isearch and mark the current match."
  (interactive)
  (isearch-exit)
  (setq-local transient-mark-mode
              (cons 'only transient-mark-mode))
  (push-mark isearch-other-end nil t))

(define-key isearch-mode-map (kbd "<C-return>") #'isearch-exit-mark-match)

Make region transient in elisp function

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