bug#45839: 28.0.50; Isearch and transient mode wierd behaviour in info-mode!

bug#45839: 28.0.50; Isearch and transient mode wierd behaviour in info-mode!

[Utkarsh Singh]

In info-mode do the following:
+ C-SPC :: set mark
+ C-s valid_query :: search for some string
+ RET

By now you can see region is not highlighted and this will affect all
other command such as M-w(kill-ring-save).

In GNU Emacs 28.0.50 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.24, cairo version 1.17.4)
 of 2021-01-11 built on archlinux
Repository revision: 8810e1789cce8cb9f2e463fc305c0b6ff12580ba
Repository branch: master
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-- 
Utkarsh Singh

bug#45839: 28.0.50; Isearch and transient mode wierd behaviour in info-mode!

[Juri Linkov]

> In info-mode do the following:
> + C-SPC :: set mark
> + C-s valid_query :: search for some string
> + RET
>
> By now you can see region is not highlighted and this will affect all
> other command such as M-w(kill-ring-save).

Please see in the function 'Info-search' that it intentionally
deactivates the active region during the search by calling:

  (deactivate-mark)

This is because when the search arrives in another Info node,
then region highlighting breaks - the region's beginning stays
in the previous node, while the region's end moves to the next node.
To avoid such situation, it deactivates the active region.

If you want to copy the region with M-w, then you can reactivate it with
'C-x C-x'.

bug#45839: 28.0.50; Isearch and transient mode wierd behaviour in info-mode!

[Drew Adams]

> Please see in the function 'Info-search' that it intentionally
> deactivates the active region during the search by calling:
> 
>   (deactivate-mark)
> 
> This is because when the search arrives in another Info node,
> then region highlighting breaks - the region's beginning stays
> in the previous node, while the region's end moves to the next node.
> To avoid such situation, it deactivates the active region.

FWIW, Info+ doesn't have this problem.  It deactivates
the mark only when search moves to another node.
___

If library Isearch+ is also loaded then when search
stays in the same node the mark is deactivated if
option `isearchp-deactivate-region-flag' is non-nil
(the default).  You can toggle this anytime during
Isearch with `M-= C-SPC'.

So you control the behavior for search within a node,
and deactivation happens when search moves to another
node.

bug#45839: 28.0.50; Isearch and transient mode wierd behaviour in info-mode!

[Drew Adams]

Adding links, for OP -

Info+ description:

https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/InfoPlus

code:

https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/download/info%2b.el

___

Isearch+ description:

https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/IsearchPlus

code:

https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/download/isearch%2b.el

bug#45839: 28.0.50; Isearch and transient mode wierd behaviour in info-mode!

[Juri Linkov]

>> Please see in the function 'Info-search' that it intentionally
>> deactivates the active region during the search by calling:
>>
>>   (deactivate-mark)
>>
>> This is because when the search arrives in another Info node,
>> then region highlighting breaks - the region's beginning stays
>> in the previous node, while the region's end moves to the next node.
>> To avoid such situation, it deactivates the active region.
>
> FWIW, Info+ doesn't have this problem.  It deactivates
> the mark only when search moves to another node.

But this doesn't mean that info.el should not be fixed.
Here is the fix:

diff --git a/lisp/info.el b/lisp/info.el
index 62d7b583ff..dec93928b3 100644
--- a/lisp/info.el
+++ b/lisp/info.el
@@ -1973,7 +1973,6 @@ Info-search
                        "Regexp search%s" (car Info-search-history)
 		       (if case-fold-search "" " case-sensitively"))
 		      nil 'Info-search-history)))
-  (deactivate-mark)
   (when (equal regexp "")
     (setq regexp (car Info-search-history)))
   (when regexp
@@ -2066,6 +2065,7 @@ Info-search
                (< found opoint-max))
           ;; Search landed in the same node
           (goto-char found)
+        (deactivate-mark)
         (widen)
         (goto-char found)
         (save-match-data (Info-select-node)))

bug#45839: 28.0.50; Isearch and transient mode wierd behaviour in info-mode!

[Juri Linkov]

tags 45839 fixed
close 45839 28.0.50
thanks

>> @@ -2066,6 +2065,7 @@ Info-search
>>                 (< found opoint-max))
>>            ;; Search landed in the same node
>>            (goto-char found)
>> +        (deactivate-mark)
>>          (widen)
>>          (goto-char found)
>>          (save-match-data (Info-select-node)))
>
> Thanks this works!

Thanks for confirming, now pushed to master.