From: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de>
To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: `insert' inside `with-current-buffer' deactivating the mark?
Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2013 15:59:05 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87txoryzwm.fsf@web.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87vc97jk5k@ch.ristopher.com> (Christopher Schmidt's message of "Mon, 4 Mar 2013 14:48:23 +0000 (GMT)")
Christopher Schmidt <christopher@ch.ristopher.com> writes:
> Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de> writes:
> > if I eval the following in emacs -Q:
> > (defun insert-in-some-other-buffer ()
> > (with-current-buffer (get-buffer-create "*Test*")
> > (insert ".")))
> >
> > (add-hook 'post-command-hook 'insert-in-some-other-buffer)
> >
> > the mark in any buffer is deactivated immediately after each command.
> > Looks like a bug to me - the use of `with-current-buffer' should
> > prevent influencing any other buffer than *Test*. What am I missing?
>
> deactivate-mark
Thanks. Yes, I know `deactivate-mark' - but why is it necessary here?
Why does changing another buffer deactivate the mark in the current
buffer?
Even if you activate the mark in one buffer, manually switch to another
buffer, edit it, and come back to the first buffer, the mark is still
active there.
Michael.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-03-04 14:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-03-04 14:19 `insert' inside `with-current-buffer' deactivating the mark? Michael Heerdegen
2013-03-04 14:48 ` Christopher Schmidt
2013-03-04 14:59 ` Michael Heerdegen [this message]
2013-03-04 18:21 ` Stefan Monnier
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