Subject: RE: bug#18011: 24.4.50; REGRESSION, `help-echo' function value now needs `save-excursion'

From: Drew Adams <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2014 20:53:09 -0700 (PDT)

> nor can I find any Emacs release where it does not need to.
> I tested back to 22.3

True.  For some reason the problem does not manifest with my
original code, for Emacs 24.3 or earlier.  But the simple
test case does show the same behavior for earlier versions.

And yes, the behavior that the cursor stays with the mouse
makes sense, since POS is the mouse position.  Not a bug.