GNU bug report logs - #15899
24.3.50; regression: `region' overlay is lower priority than default

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2013 22:58:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 24.3.50

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 15899 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Subject: bug#15899: 24.3.50; regression: `region' overlay is lower priority than default
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2013 08:54:15 -0500

> In Emacs 24.3, the region highlight was not done by an overlay, but by
> special code in C.  Now it is an overlay, so the issue of priority
> creeps in.

Indeed.  OTOH, I'm not convinced it's a bug, since this "bug" was also
the fix for another bug.  It's a change, there's no doubt about that.
Whether it's better or worse is not so clear.


        Stefan
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