GNU bug report logs - #18011
24.4.50; REGRESSION, `help-echo' function value now needs `save-excursion'

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Package: emacs;

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

Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2014 23:13:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug, wontfix

Found in version 24.4.50

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #15 received at 18011-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>, 18011-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: RE: bug#18011: 24.4.50; REGRESSION, `help-echo' function value now
 needs `save-excursion'
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.




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