From: Kevin Rodgers <kevin.d.rodgers@gmail.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Proper use of `deactivate-mark'?
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2014 23:51:09 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ldkea5$93i$1@ger.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <barmar-854A71.13075913022014@news.eternal-september.org>
On 2/13/14 11:07 AM, Barry Margolin wrote:
> Maybe it should be:
>
> (and
> (use-region-p)
> (progn
> (copy-to-register ?s (region-beginning) (region0end))
> (deactivate-mark)))
;; http://www.cs.cmu.edu/Groups/AI/html/cltl/clm/node84.html
;; As a matter of style, `when' is normally used to conditionally produce
;; some side effects, and the value of the when form is normally not
;; used. If the value is relevant, then it may be stylistically more
;; appropriate to use `and' or `if'.
(when (use-region-p)
(copy-to-register ?s (region-beginning) (region0end))
(deactivate-mark))
--
Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA
prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-02-14 6:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-02-13 17:19 Proper use of `deactivate-mark'? Thorsten Jolitz
2014-02-13 17:28 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-02-13 17:59 ` Thorsten Jolitz
2014-02-13 18:39 ` Michael Heerdegen
[not found] ` <mailman.14992.1392314356.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-02-13 18:07 ` Barry Margolin
2014-02-13 18:52 ` Thorsten Jolitz
2014-02-14 6:51 ` Kevin Rodgers [this message]
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