From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs@users.sourceforge.net>
To: Gemini Lasswell <gazally@runbox.com>
Cc: 24992@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#24992: 25.1; Using mouse, can put empty keyboard macro in macro ring
Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2017 22:01:28 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <877etxgbxz.fsf@users.sourceforge.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m2r363qh71.fsf@rainbow.local> (Gemini Lasswell's message of "Tue, 22 Nov 2016 14:32:18 -0800")
severity 24992 minor
tags 24992 + patch
quit
Gemini Lasswell <gazally@runbox.com> writes:
> The commentary in lisp/kmacro.el says "Note: an empty macro is never
> added to the macro ring.", but here is a way to add an empty macro to
> the ring using kmacro-end-call-mouse, which is by default bound to
> S-mouse-3. I am not aware of any serious side effects of there being an
> empty macro in the ring.
>
> To reproduce, with emacs -Q and the mouse pointer positioned over your
> Emacs window:
>
> C-x ( aaa S-mouse-3
> C-x ( S-mouse-3
> C-x ( bbb S-mouse-3
> C-x C-k C-n C-n C-n
>
> This defines three macros, one which inserts "aaa", an empty one, and one
> which inserts "bbb". Then the repeated C-n's of the last step cycle
> through the macros in the ring and display them in the echo area.
>
> I'm attaching a patch which makes kmacro-end-call-mouse do the same
> thing that kmacro-end-and-call-macro does in this case, which is to end
> the definition of the empty macro, pop the empty macro off the ring, and
> then run the macro which becomes current.
I guess this could be applied now?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-12-08 3:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-11-22 22:32 bug#24992: 25.1; Using mouse, can put empty keyboard macro in macro ring Gemini Lasswell
2017-12-08 3:01 ` Noam Postavsky [this message]
2017-12-31 19:34 ` Gemini Lasswell
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