Subject: Re: bug#16438: 24.3.50; `C-x TAB right right' fails with error (mark-inactive)

From: Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 09:45:14 -0500

> For the same reason I think the exit condition should not
> deactivate the active region because the highlighting
> indicates that the next command is operating on the region.

Indeed, that's the problem with keeping the highlighting, since, this
means that C-x TAB will not "consume" the region, which is unusual and
inconvenient: after C-x TAB right right right, the user will often have
to use C-g to deactivate the region :-(

        Stefan