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24.3.50; `C-x TAB right right' fails with error (mark-inactive)

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>

Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2014 08:18:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 24.3.50

Done: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>
Cc: 16438 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#16438: 24.3.50; `C-x TAB right right' fails with error (mark-inactive)
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
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