From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: [External] : What is the difference between (deactivate-mark) and (setq deactivate-mark t)? Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2021 09:25:38 +0200 Message-ID: <20210407072538.GB13640@tuxteam.de> References: <87pmzc825q.fsf@mbork.pl> <87v98ybrrn.fsf@mbork.pl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="IiVenqGWf+H9Y6IX" Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="5795"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Apr 07 09:26:04 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lU2Ze-0001NI-VC for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 07 Apr 2021 09:26:02 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:43964 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lU2Ze-0003rg-0U for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 07 Apr 2021 03:26:02 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:35590) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lU2ZJ-0003rO-QR for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Apr 2021 03:25:41 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.tuxteam.de ([5.199.139.25]:51430) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lU2ZI-000605-84 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Apr 2021 03:25:41 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=tuxteam.de; s=mail; h=From:In-Reply-To:Content-Type:MIME-Version:References:Message-ID:Subject:To:Date; bh=7zHtz2/Cv9wFZoKaw3nTscD+/K+hIgW/9y5E+mVkW2g=; b=SnWP/w3y2uON5zB2kvleeRzKM3qwlmrm1jpV2kZxAltBfI6qGz8fAPQ2FNvzwmmQYAI3E7ywFKSxGURo0pIMDWtMXT+K/jrsnKtm6je6oFNlrGUKa1KjLprJ3lguAXEvybZ/T8TgBerqTMsJz9XkXSqZtx9lu7suwZWtkZiY8YB3TR5gHYqTLZFepwyErFJy6zMJK21r83UBHJEAaFljnN2L0sZ7QHpa0vZmcxkIxykTPBriVV1sIY4aAtBTvUE3HUMXW8GYi4t9tHKtd7kKaKlee6/5fKAaEY0BrAJ4FJomyDr1dsI26ihZQ1kIwlPMlgy26iXju1HeDKkbwPe9bQ==; Original-Received: from tomas by mail.tuxteam.de with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1lU2ZG-0003kL-2H for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Apr 2021 09:25:38 +0200 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87v98ybrrn.fsf@mbork.pl> Received-SPF: pass client-ip=5.199.139.25; envelope-from=tomas@tuxteam.de; helo=mail.tuxteam.de X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:128883 Archived-At: --IiVenqGWf+H9Y6IX Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Apr 07, 2021 at 07:14:20AM +0200, Marcin Borkowski wrote: >=20 > On 2021-04-03, at 06:11, Drew Adams wrote: > > After a command finishes and returns, the command > > loop normally automatically deactivates the mark. > > IOW, for the next command the mark is inactive. [...] > I think I now know the reason - while experimenting with this and > studying the docs, I probably found out [...] > It seems that its main use is to actually _prevent_ the code > from deactivating the region _if_ it would do it otherwise, by means of > _modifying_ the buffer. In a nutshell: deactivating (i.e. setting to nil) `deactivate-mark' deactivates the mark-deactivating code. Phew ;-) Cheers - t --IiVenqGWf+H9Y6IX Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAmBtXnIACgkQBcgs9XrR2kaMcACePF981SYv8IuftTi54xXT8v/M 8egAnjDGoHa0QGY1L3KIE8xJxbK4BxMF =iLTX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --IiVenqGWf+H9Y6IX--