From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: dapfy@t-online.de (Daniel Pfeiffer) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs,gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Mark handling (Was: Changes to emacs/lisp/progmodes/grep.el) Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 21:47:41 +0200 Sender: emacs-pretest-bug-bounces+gebp-emacs-pretest-bug=gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <20040707214741.538d694c@pfdabpc.inhouse.start.de> References: <87isdgnzzi.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <20040625220304.0f1fd05a@pfdabpc.inhouse.start.de> <20040627123340.5d3354cd@pfdabpc.inhouse.start.de> <20040628104013.5b4eb37e@pfdabpc.inhouse.start.de> <7494-Mon28Jun2004200058+0300-eliz@gnu.org> <20040628232216.5be7f8dd@pfdabpc.inhouse.start.de> <5567-Tue29Jun2004071049+0300-eliz@gnu.org> <20040629220851.07104e4c@pfdabpc.inhouse.start.de> <87oen1k4yc.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <20040702235848.255ecbbe@pfdabpc.inhouse.start.de> <20040704124740.1dc5ec4d@pfdabpc.inhouse.start.de> <20040705215703.01853788@pfdabpc.inhouse.start.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1089229763 26089 80.91.224.253 (7 Jul 2004 19:49:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 19:49:23 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org, dak@gnu.org, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-pretest-bug-bounces+gebp-emacs-pretest-bug=gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jul 07 21:49:12 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BiIPo-00027H-00 for ; Wed, 07 Jul 2004 21:49:12 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1BiIRt-0003xd-JW for gebp-emacs-pretest-bug@gmane.org; Wed, 07 Jul 2004 15:51:21 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1BiIRr-0003xF-Mv for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Jul 2004 15:51:19 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1BiIRq-0003x3-Hc for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Jul 2004 15:51:19 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1BiIRq-0003x0-El; Wed, 07 Jul 2004 15:51:18 -0400 Original-Received: from [194.25.134.83] (helo=mailout07.sul.t-online.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1BiIPf-0004gp-AE; Wed, 07 Jul 2004 15:49:03 -0400 Original-Received: from fwd00.aul.t-online.de by mailout07.sul.t-online.com with smtp id 1BiIPd-0002Xf-02; Wed, 07 Jul 2004 21:49:01 +0200 Original-Received: from pfdabpc.inhouse.start.de (E4NyU0ZGoe44FuFh29Io+w8cJYMYbp0eLFBquvju0tUzerY5li+Urg@[217.234.54.231]) by fwd00.sul.t-online.com with smtp id 1BiIPP-1zBMLw0; Wed, 7 Jul 2004 21:48:47 +0200 Original-To: rms@gnu.org In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.10claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i686-suse-linux) X-Seen: false X-ID: E4NyU0ZGoe44FuFh29Io+w8cJYMYbp0eLFBquvju0tUzerY5li+Urg X-BeenThere: emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: emacs-pretest-bug.gnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-pretest-bug-bounces+gebp-emacs-pretest-bug=gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs:3491 gmane.emacs.devel:25534 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:25534 Saluton, Richard Stallman skribis: > You were nevertheless right: I found out that dragging the mouse to mark > something sets transient-mark-mode to 'identity behind my back. Even > with emacs -q. > > This is a feature. When the user drags a region, it is highlighted > for the next command, and various commands will operate on that region. > > Could you explain why this strikes you as a bug? What is the precise > sequence of inputs that you use, and what behavior do you see? I don't care about this itself. The bug is that after this, the mark is not active. If I do (for example) drag click M-> it says "Mark set". But then M-w complains "The mark is not active now". This is a fairly recent change, as I do this kind of thing quite often and never had this error message before. coralament / best Grötens / liebe Grüße / best regards / elkorajn salutojn Daniel Pfeiffer -- lerne / learn / apprends / lär dig / ucz się Esperanto: http://lernu.net/