From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: gabriele@medialab.sissa.it
Cc: 71430-done@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#71430: Persistent Highlighting Issue with query-replace using "act-and-show" Option
Date: Sat, 08 Jun 2024 13:41:02 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <865xujemyp.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <86a5jvesuk.fsf@gnu.org> (message from Eli Zaretskii on Sat, 08 Jun 2024 11:33:55 +0300)
> Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2024 11:05:24 +0200
> From: Gabriele Nicolardi <gabriele@medialab.sissa.it>
>
> Il 08/06/24 10:33, Eli Zaretskii ha scritto:
> >> Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2024 09:29:41 +0200
> >> From: Gabriele Nicolardi <gabriele@medialab.sissa.it>
> >>
> >> I’ve encountered a potential bug in Emacs when using the |query-replace|
> >> (via |perform-replace|) functions. When performing text replacements
> >> across a buffer and choosing to replace but not immediately move the
> >> point (using the |,| |act-and-show| option), the function does replace
> >> the text as expected but fails to update the highlighting to the region
> >> containing the replacement.
> >>
> >> *Steps to Reproduce:*
> >>
> >> 1.
> >>
> >> Open a buffer with the following content:
> >>
> >> |String to be replaced. Another string. String to be replaced.
> >> Another string. End |
> >>
> >> 2.
> >>
> >> Run the following command:
> >>
> >> |(query-replace "String to be replaced." "Replacement." nil
> >> (point-min) (point-max)) |
> >>
> >> 3.
> >>
> >> When prompted to replace a match, use the |,| (|act-and-show|)
> >> option to replace the text but pause moving to the next match.
> >>
> >> *Expected Behavior:*
> >> After a replacement is made and before moving to the next match, the
> >> highlighted region of the replaced text should be “updated” to fit the
> >> replaced text.
> >>
> >> *Actual Behavior:*
> >> The highlighting remains on the matched region. This issue can be
> >> visually confirmed in the following animation:
> > You don't say in what version of Emacs you see the problematic
> > behavior. I can reproduce the behavior you report in Emacs 29, but
> > not in Emacs 30 (on the master branch of the Emacs Git repository).
> > So I think this bug was already solved on the master branch, which
> > will become Emacs 30.
>
>
>
> > > Cc: 71430@debbugs.gnu.org
> > > Date: Sat, 08 Jun 2024 11:33:55 +0300
> > > From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
> > >
> > > > Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2024 09:29:41 +0200
> > > > From: Gabriele Nicolardi <gabriele@medialab.sissa.it>
> > > >
> > > > I’ve encountered a potential bug in Emacs when using the |query-replace|
> > > > (via |perform-replace|) functions. When performing text replacements
> > > > across a buffer and choosing to replace but not immediately move the
> > > > point (using the |,| |act-and-show| option), the function does replace
> > > > the text as expected but fails to update the highlighting to the region
> > > > containing the replacement.
> > > >
> > > > *Steps to Reproduce:*
> > > >
> > > > 1.
> > > >
> > > > Open a buffer with the following content:
> > > >
> > > > |String to be replaced. Another string. String to be replaced.
> > > > Another string. End |
> > > >
> > > > 2.
> > > >
> > > > Run the following command:
> > > >
> > > > |(query-replace "String to be replaced." "Replacement." nil
> > > > (point-min) (point-max)) |
> > > >
> > > > 3.
> > > >
> > > > When prompted to replace a match, use the |,| (|act-and-show|)
> > > > option to replace the text but pause moving to the next match.
> > > >
> > > > *Expected Behavior:*
> > > > After a replacement is made and before moving to the next match, the
> > > > highlighted region of the replaced text should be “updated” to fit the
> > > > replaced text.
> > > >
> > > > *Actual Behavior:*
> > > > The highlighting remains on the matched region. This issue can be
> > > > visually confirmed in the following animation:
> > >
> > > You don't say in what version of Emacs you see the problematic
> > > behavior. I can reproduce the behavior you report in Emacs 29, but
> > > not in Emacs 30 (on the master branch of the Emacs Git repository).
> > > So I think this bug was already solved on the master branch, which
> > > will become Emacs 30.
>
> Oh, sorry! My Emacs version is 29.3.
OK, thanks, so I'm now closing this bug.
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2024-06-08 7:29 bug#71430: Persistent Highlighting Issue with query-replace using "act-and-show" Option Gabriele Nicolardi
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