Package: emacs;
Reported by: Jay Berkenbilt <ejb <at> ql.org>
Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2011 16:11:01 UTC
Severity: normal
Found in version 24.0.92
Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>
Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.
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From: Jay Berkenbilt <ejb <at> ql.org> To: 10195 <at> debbugs.gnu.org Subject: bug#10195: 24.0.92; M-w may no longer provide visual feedback Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2011 11:09:53 -0500
Type some text. Save it in the kill ring with C-a C-SPC M-f M-w Then do this again: M-w In emacs 23, the cursor would bounce between the point and the mark the second time M-w was pressed, since the highlighting of the region turned off after the first time. Or, if transient-mark-mode is nil, then the first M-w would bounce the cursor between the point and mark. In emacs24, M-w seems to never cause the cursor to bounce between the point and mark. I don't see anything in NEWS about this change, and I don't see anything in the documentation of kill-ring-save that discusses this or how to influence this behavior. I personally do not use transient mark mode, so this cursor movement is the only visual feedback I have that I have selected the region I intended to select. While I've been using GNU emacs since 1987 and this behavior is a relatively recent addition, I had no idea how much I've become accustomed to it! In GNU Emacs 24.0.92.1 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.24.6) of 2011-12-01 on jberkenbilt-linux Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.11004000 configured using `configure '--prefix=/opt/emacs-24.0.92'' Important settings: value of $LC_ALL: nil value of $LC_COLLATE: nil value of $LC_CTYPE: nil value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil value of $LC_MONETARY: nil value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil value of $LC_TIME: nil value of $LANG: en_US.UTF-8 value of $XMODIFIERS: nil locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix default enable-multibyte-characters: t Major mode: Outline Minor modes in effect: shell-dirtrack-mode: t which-function-mode: t tooltip-mode: t mouse-wheel-mode: t file-name-shadow-mode: t global-font-lock-mode: t font-lock-mode: t blink-cursor-mode: t auto-composition-mode: t auto-encryption-mode: t auto-compression-mode: t column-number-mode: t line-number-mode: t view-mode: t Recent input: k i l l - r i n g C-s C-s C-a C-r c l i p b o a r d C-r C-r C-r C-a M-x m a n <return> x t e r m <return> C-x o C-s c l i p b o a r d C-s C-s C-s C-s C-s C-s C-s C-s C-s C-s C-s C-s C-s C-s C-s C-a C-s c l i p b o a r d C-s C-s C-a C-x C-f ~ / C-g C-f C-g C-x C-g C-g C-x o C-x 1 C-x C-l C-s y a n k C-a C-x b * s c <tab> <return> C-y <C-backspace> <down-mouse-1> <mouse-1> <down-mouse-1> <mouse-1> C-y C-x b s s <tab> <return> C-s r a s C-g C-s r s a C-s C-a C-s p k c s 1 2 C-s C-s C-s C-s C-s C-s C-a C-s p i c C-g C-g C-r p k c s 1 2 SPC C-s C-s M-x m a n <return> p k c s 1 2 <return> C-x o C-s k e y C-a C-s - o u t C-s C-x 1 C-x # C-x o C-s k C-a C-x o C-s k e y C-s C-s C-a C-x o C-s C-s C-s C-s C-s C-s C-s C-s C-s C-s C-s C-s C-s C-s C-s C-a C-x k <return> C-a C-SPC M-f M-w C-h c M-w C-h f k i l l SPC r i n <tab> <return> M-w M-w C-a C-SPC M-f M-w C-h n C-x 1 C-s d e l e t i o n C-s C-s C-a C-v C-s k i l l C-s C-s C-s C-s M-< C-s C-s C-s C-s C-s C-s C-a M-x r e p o r t SPC e b <backspace> m SPC b SPC <return> Recent messages: Mark saved where search started When done with a buffer, type C-x # Mark saved where search started [3 times] Mark set M-w runs the command kill-ring-save Type C-x 1 to delete the help window. Mark activated Mark saved where search started [2 times] Mark set Mark saved where search started Load-path shadows: /home/ejb/elisp/startup hides /opt/emacs-24.0.92/share/emacs/24.0.92/lisp/startup Features: (shadow sort flyspell ispell mail-extr emacsbug man noutline outline easy-mmode multi-isearch tabify vc-rcs add-log cc-mode cc-fonts cc-guess cc-menus cc-cmds shell pcomplete grep dired help-mode view vc-svn vc ediff-merg ediff-diff ediff-wind ediff-help ediff-util ediff-mult ediff-init ediff vc-dispatcher qmime qmime-compose qmime-view which-func imenu filecache server uniquify warnings compile ange-ftp comint ring message format-spec rfc822 mml mml-sec mm-decode mm-bodies mm-encode mail-parse rfc2231 mailabbrev gmm-utils mailheader cc-styles cc-align cc-engine cc-vars cc-defs smtpmail auth-source eieio byte-opt bytecomp byte-compile cconv macroexp assoc gnus-util password-cache sendmail regexp-opt rfc2047 rfc2045 ietf-drums mm-util mail-prsvr mail-utils project advice help-fns advice-preload jka-compr cus-edit easymenu wid-edit cus-start cus-load edmacro kmacro cl time-date tooltip ediff-hook vc-hooks lisp-float-type mwheel x-win x-dnd tool-bar dnd fontset image fringe lisp-mode register page menu-bar rfn-eshadow timer select scroll-bar mouse jit-lock font-lock syntax facemenu font-core frame cham georgian utf-8-lang misc-lang vietnamese tibetan thai tai-viet lao korean japanese hebrew greek romanian slovak czech european ethiopic indian cyrillic chinese case-table epa-hook jka-cmpr-hook help simple abbrev minibuffer loaddefs button faces cus-face files text-properties overlay sha1 md5 base64 format env code-pages mule custom widget hashtable-print-readable backquote make-network-process dbusbind dynamic-setting system-font-setting font-render-setting move-toolbar gtk x-toolkit x multi-tty emacs)
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