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24.3; require sets deactivate-mark causing problems with some plugins

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Message #16 received at 14464 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 14464 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Donald Ephraim Curtis <dcurtis <at> milkbox.net>
Subject: Re: bug#14464: 24.3; require sets deactivate-mark causing problems
 with some plugins
Date: Mon, 06 Sep 2021 12:25:14 +0200

Donald Curtis <dcurtis <at> milkbox.net> writes:

> # Odd Behavior
>
> 1. open `sample.el` with: emacs -Q sample.el
> 2. eval the `defadvice`
> 3. eval the `progn` portion of the provided code.
> 4. transient mark something
> 5. hit C-.
>
> now the active-mark disappears.
>
> AND what is even weirder is that if you remove the `compile` option from
> the `defadvice` then there is no issue. but there is something weird here!

(I'm going through old bug reports that unfortunately weren't resolved
at the time.)

I tried reproducing this problem with Emacs 25.1 (and Emacs 28), but I
was unable to -- the active region didn't disappear.

Are you still seeing this issue in recent Emacs versions?

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