On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 11:08 AM, PJ Weisberg <pj@irregularexpressions.net>wrote:

> > If the bug didn't exist, the region would still be deactivated as a part
> of
> > the command loop because you've modified the buffer.
>
> That's the part that seemed like a bug to me: the region getting
> deactivated as part of the command loop.  The text *did* move when I
> tried it, but in other editors it would be possible to move it by more
> than one tab-stop by pressing TAB multiple times.


Ok, this appears to be a regression in CVS Emacs.  Emacs 23.2.1 does indent
the region properly, as you say.

Region deactivation is the default behaviour in Emacs for all functions I
can think of.  It would be surprising if it did something else.  You can
reactivate the region with C-xC-x.


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Le