From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#7260: 24.0.50; DEL screwed up Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 15:39:20 -0400 Message-ID: <8739rzqqs7.fsf@stupidchicken.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1287690331 19836 80.91.229.12 (21 Oct 2010 19:45:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 19:45:31 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rms@gnu.org, 7260@debbugs.gnu.org To: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Oct 21 21:45:28 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1P914l-0006Ys-2D for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 21 Oct 2010 21:45:23 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:54674 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1P914k-0000ow-0i for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 21 Oct 2010 15:45:22 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=55903 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1P912a-00070y-5t for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Oct 2010 15:43:16 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1P912A-0003GJ-K3 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Oct 2010 15:43:07 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:48631) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1P912A-0003GE-I0 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Oct 2010 15:42:42 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1P90vh-0002BL-Tx; Thu, 21 Oct 2010 15:36:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Chong Yidong Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 19:36:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 7260 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 7260-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B7260.12876897318376 (code B ref 7260); Thu, 21 Oct 2010 19:36:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 7260) by debbugs.gnu.org; 21 Oct 2010 19:35:31 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1P90vD-0002B3-3I for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 21 Oct 2010 15:35:31 -0400 Original-Received: from pantheon-po42.its.yale.edu ([130.132.50.101]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1P90vB-0002Ax-DM for 7260@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 21 Oct 2010 15:35:29 -0400 Original-Received: from furry (dhcp128036014158.central.yale.edu [128.36.14.158]) (authenticated bits=0) by pantheon-po42.its.yale.edu (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id o9LJdKLx009517 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Thu, 21 Oct 2010 15:39:20 -0400 Original-Received: by furry (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 9DEBCC018; Thu, 21 Oct 2010 15:39:20 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen's message of "Thu, 21 Oct 2010 19:21:54 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-YaleITSMailFilter: Version 1.2c (attachment(s) not renamed) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 15:36:01 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:41049 Archived-At: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen writes: > Richard Stallman writes: > >> Today I typed DEL after yanking some text and typing C-x C-x to go to >> the beginning of it. DEL surprised me by deleting the region. > > I think most people now agree that `C-x C-x' shouldn't activate the > region when transient-mark-mode is switched on, but nobody has actually > altered that function to stop doing this. > > If nobody objects, I'll make that change later tonight. Bad idea. If C-x C-x does not enable the mark, it becomes impossible to exchange point and mark while activating the region. If you want to return to the mark without reactivating it, do C-u C-SPC.