From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Sam Steingold Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: weird region behavior Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 18:13:09 -0400 Organization: disorganization Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1087424034 32167 80.91.224.253 (16 Jun 2004 22:13:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 22:13:54 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Thu Jun 17 00:13:44 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BaifA-0004Fc-00 for ; Thu, 17 Jun 2004 00:13:44 +0200 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1Baif9-0001Fc-00 for ; Thu, 17 Jun 2004 00:13:44 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1BaigA-0003LL-Gm for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Wed, 16 Jun 2004 18:14:46 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1Baig7-0003L4-A3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Jun 2004 18:14:43 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1Baig5-0003Js-Rm for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Jun 2004 18:14:43 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1Baig5-0003Jp-On for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Jun 2004 18:14:41 -0400 Original-Received: from [80.91.224.249] (helo=main.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1Baiee-0000XP-Tb for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Jun 2004 18:13:13 -0400 Original-Received: from list by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1Baiee-0006V6-00 for ; Thu, 17 Jun 2004 00:13:12 +0200 Original-Received: from fw-ext.alphatech.com ([198.112.236.6]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 17 Jun 2004 00:13:11 +0200 Original-Received: from sds by fw-ext.alphatech.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 17 Jun 2004 00:13:11 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Mail-Followup-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-Lines: 22 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: fw-ext.alphatech.com Mail-Copies-To: never X-Attribution: Sam X-Disclaimer: You should not expect anyone to agree with me. User-Agent: Gnus/5.1003 (Gnus v5.10.3) Emacs/21.3.50 (windows-nt) Cancel-Lock: sha1:nUEdGGIb6GFwPTAHzOeqeP8SUuo= X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:25049 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:25049 > * Richard Stallman [2004-06-16 12:58:22 -0400]: > > > When I select a region with my mouse, it becomes yellow (as expected) > > and the content is saved in the kill-ring (again, as expected). > > If I now move the cursor with an arrow key, the yellow region does not > > disappear (as it did before) but is instead extended as I move the > > point (luckily, the content is not copied into the kill-ring), and some > > commands appear to be limited to the yellow region. > > I think this result was not intended. Do these changes fix it? yes, this patch restores the original behavior. I suspect that you wanted the first command after selection to operate on the region, right? this does not happen (at least search is not limited to the region). -- Sam Steingold (http://www.podval.org/~sds) running w2k Do not worry about which side your bread is buttered on: you eat BOTH sides.