GNU bug report logs - #10056
24.0.91; `copy-to-register' does not deactivate the mark

Previous Next

Package: emacs;

Reported by: Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo <at> gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 20:08:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 24.0.91

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

Full log

View this message in rfc822 format

From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>
To: Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 10056 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#10056: 24.0.91; `copy-to-register' does not deactivate the mark
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 14:30:40 +0800

Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Hello.
>
> According to (info "(emacs)Text Registers"), the mark should be
> deactivated at the end of the command `copy-to-register' (which is
> TRT; `C-w' behaves that way, for example).
>
> But I see that:
> * The mark (region) remains active after doing "C-x h C-x r s s" (from
> emacs -Q).
> * The command's docstring does not mention anything about this. It should, no?

I agree that the mark should be deactivated.  But the current behavior
has been in place for a long time, so this change can probably wait till
after the release.
This bug report was last modified 3 years and 23 days ago.

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.