From: Dan Nicolaescu <dann@gnu.org>
To: Chong Yidong <cyd@gnu.org>
Cc: 11191@debbugs.gnu.org, "Kim F. Storm" <storm@cua.dk>
Subject: bug#11191: C-x C-x does not activate the selection anymore with cua-selection-mode
Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2012 01:50:12 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <yxqpqbho3mz.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87vclapdk6.fsf@gnu.org> (Chong Yidong's message of "Sun, 08 Apr 2012 21:18:17 +0800")
Chong Yidong <cyd@gnu.org> writes:
> Dan Nicolaescu <dann@gnu.org> writes:
>
> [recipe edited]
>
>> emacs -Q
>> M-x cua-selection-mode RET
>> M-<
>> C-SPC C-f C-f C-f C-g
>> C-x C-x
>>
>> now the selection should be active, but it is not.
>> This worked in emacs-23.3, so this is a regression.
>
> Looks like this change was made deliberately:
>
> revno: 102844
> committer: Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
> branch nick: trunk
> timestamp: Fri 2011-01-14 16:06:17 +0100
> message:
> * emulation/cua-base.el (cua--init-keymaps):
> Remap exchange-point-and-mark in cua-global-keymap.
>
> The docstring of `cua-exchange-point-and-mark' says it does not activate
> the mark.
> Kim, could you confirm that this was the intention?
In emacs-22.3 and 23.3 it does activate the mark.
C-x C-x also activates the mark in the trunk without
cua-selection-mode.
Wouldn't it be better that instead of changing something that has been
present in two major releases and is consistent with the default behavior,
to change the docstring?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-04-09 5:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-04-07 3:27 bug#11191: C-x C-x does not activate the selection anymore with cua-selection-mode Dan Nicolaescu
2012-04-08 13:18 ` Chong Yidong
2012-04-09 5:50 ` Dan Nicolaescu [this message]
2012-04-09 11:00 ` Kim Storm
2012-04-09 11:06 ` Lennart Borgman
2012-04-09 14:16 ` Dan Nicolaescu
2012-04-09 16:49 ` Kim Storm
2012-04-13 3:13 ` Dan Nicolaescu
2012-04-13 7:10 ` Chong Yidong
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