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24.3; macre step edit and use of registers

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From: Tim Nielens <tim.nielens <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 24.3; macre step edit and use of registers
Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2014 09:45:19 +0200

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Hello, I get an unwanted behavior when I use the step edit through macros
on a macro involving insertions of register content.

Step to reproduce: Create a macro involving a string insert from a macro
(C-x r i i).  Start the step edit through it.  When you arrive to that
step press yes to perform the action and go to the next edit step,
you'll see that the register key will disapear. If you finish the step
edit and save it, the macro will no longer be valid since the register
key disappeared. Other scenario to bump into a problem: when you arrive
at the insertion, press "r" to replace that operation and try to repeat
the insertion action (C-x r i i). It will fail with this error message:
Error in post-command-hook (kmacro-step-edit-post-command):
(void-variable kmacro-step-edit-active).

My exact macro was :


M-x            ;; execute-extended-command
copye-            ;; self-insert-command * 6
2*DEL            ;; delete-backward-char
-fil            ;; self-insert-command * 4
TAB            ;; message-tab
RET            ;; newline
C-a            ;; message-beginning-of-line
C-k            ;; kill-line
C-x r i            ;; insert-register
f            ;; self-insert-command
RET            ;; newline
C-a            ;; message-beginning-of-line
C-k            ;; kill-line
C-x r i            ;; insert-register
t            ;; self-insert-command
RET            ;; newline
tes            ;; self-insert-command * 3
3*DEL            ;; delete-backward-char
yes            ;; self-insert-command * 3
RET            ;; newline
M-:            ;; eval-expression
(message"macro        ;; self-insert-command * 14
SPC            ;; self-insert-command
done")            ;; self-insert-command * 6
RET            ;; newline


Thanks in advance,
Tim


In GNU Emacs 24.3.1 (i386-mingw-nt6.1.7601)
 of 2013-03-17 on MARVIN
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 6.1.7601
Configured using:
 `configure --with-gcc (4.7) --cflags
 -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/libXpm-3.5.8/include
 -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/libXpm-3.5.8/src
 -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/libpng-dev_1.4.3-1/include
 -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/zlib-dev_1.2.5-2/include
 -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/giflib-4.1.4-1/include
 -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/jpeg-6b-4/include
 -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/tiff-3.8.2-1/include
 -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/gnutls-3.0.9/include
 -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/libiconv-1.13.1-1-dev/include
 -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/libxml2-2.7.8/include/libxml2'

Important settings:
  value of $LANG: FRB
  locale-coding-system: cp1252
  default enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: Fundamental

Minor modes in effect:
  global-auto-complete-mode: t
  global-eclim-mode: t
  savehist-mode: t
  delete-selection-mode: t
  tooltip-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  menu-bar-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  blink-cursor-mode: t
  auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t

Recent input:
<f4> <f4> <f4> <f4> <f4> <f4> <f4> C-x C-k C-e C-n
C-e C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n
C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-j m <backspace> M - x M-x
m e s s <tab> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace>
<backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace>
<backspace> <backspace> : <return> ( m e s s a g e
SPC ' <backspace> " m a r c o SPC d o n e ' <backspace>
<backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace>
<backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace>
<backspace> <return> m a c r o <backspace> <backspace>
<backspace> <backspace> <backspace> " m a c r o <return>
S P C SPC <return> d o n e " <return> <backspace> )
<return> R E T C-c C-c <f4> <help-echo> <help-echo>
<help-echo> M-x c o p y e - <backspace> <backspace>
- t o <tab> r e <tab> <return> j C-x C-k SPC y y y
y y y y y y y y y y y y y y r M-x M-x M-x M-x M-x M-x
M-x M-x M-x M-x M-x M-x M-x M-x M-x M-x M-x M-x M-x
M-x M-x M-x C-n C-n C-n <C-tab> C-x C-k SPC y y y y
y y y y y y y y y y y y y r C-x r i C-g C-g C-g C-x
k SPC C-g C-x C-k SPC <tab> <tab> <tab> <tab> <tab>
<tab> <tab> <tab> r C-x r i C-g C-x b m e s s <backspace>
<backspace> <backspace> <backspace> M r e <backspace>
<backspace> e s s <tab> <return> <down-mouse-1> <mouse-movement>
<mouse-movement> <mouse-movement> <mouse-movement>
<drag-mouse-1> M-w C-h ? <help-echo> M-x r <backspace>
M-x r e p o r t <backspace> e <backspace> t <backspace>
t - e m a c s - b u g <return>

Recent messages:
command-execute: The mark is not set now, so there is no region
completing-read-default: Command attempted to use minibuffer while in
minibuffer
Error in pre-command-hook (kmacro-step-edit-pre-command):
(wrong-type-argument arrayp nil) [2 times]
completing-read-default: Command attempted to use minibuffer while in
minibuffer [21 times]
Quit
byte-code: End of buffer [3 times]
Quit
Error in post-command-hook (kmacro-step-edit-post-command): (void-variable
kmacro-step-edit-active)
Quit [4 times]
Error in post-command-hook (kmacro-step-edit-post-command): (void-variable
kmacro-step-edit-active)

Load-path shadows:
~/.emacs.d/company-mode-master/.dir-locals hides c:/Program
Files/emacs-24.3/lisp/gnus/.dir-locals

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Message #8 received at 18611 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: charles <at> aurox.ch (Charles A. Roelli)
To: Tim Nielens <tim.nielens <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 18611 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#18611: 24.3; macre step edit and use of registers
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2017 21:01:12 +0200

> Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2014 09:45:19 +0200
> From: Tim Nielens <tim.nielens <at> gmail.com>
> 
> Hello, I get an unwanted behavior when I use the step edit through macros
> on a macro involving insertions of register content.
> 
> Step to reproduce: Create a macro involving a string insert from a macro
> (C-x r i i). Start the step edit through it. When you arrive to that
> step press yes to perform the action and go to the next edit step,
> you'll see that the register key will disapear. If you finish the step
> edit and save it, the macro will no longer be valid since the register
> key disappeared. Other scenario to bump into a problem: when you arrive
> at the insertion, press "r" to replace that operation and try to repeat
> the insertion action (C-x r i i). It will fail with this error message:
> Error in post-command-hook (kmacro-step-edit-post-command):
> (void-variable kmacro-step-edit-active).

Something similar still affects emacs-26.  Thanks for the report.

To reproduce from emacs -q:
C-x b RET
C-x h
C-x r s i
M->
F3
C-x r i i
F4
C-x C-k SPC
y
Error in post-command-hook (kmacro-step-edit-post-command):
(void-variable kmacro-step-edit-active)
C-x C-k SPC
(observe that the last "i" in "C-x r i i" is gone)

Actually, the following is enough to trigger the error from emacs -q:
C-x b RET
C-x C-k SPC
(i.e., when the last kbd macro doesn't exist)

Message #11 received at 18611 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: charles <at> aurox.ch (Charles A. Roelli)
To: tim.nielens <at> gmail.com, 18611 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#18611: 24.3; macre step edit and use of registers
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2017 12:13:42 +0200

> Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2017 21:01:12 +0200
> From: charles <at> aurox.ch (Charles A. Roelli)
> CC: 18611 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> > Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2014 09:45:19 +0200
> > From: Tim Nielens <tim.nielens <at> gmail.com>
> > 
> > Hello, I get an unwanted behavior when I use the step edit through macros
> > on a macro involving insertions of register content.
> > 
> > Step to reproduce: Create a macro involving a string insert from a macro
> > (C-x r i i). Start the step edit through it. When you arrive to that
> > step press yes to perform the action and go to the next edit step,
> > you'll see that the register key will disapear. If you finish the step
> > edit and save it, the macro will no longer be valid since the register
> > key disappeared. Other scenario to bump into a problem: when you arrive
> > at the insertion, press "r" to replace that operation and try to repeat
> > the insertion action (C-x r i i). It will fail with this error message:
> > Error in post-command-hook (kmacro-step-edit-post-command):
> > (void-variable kmacro-step-edit-active).
> 
> Something similar still affects emacs-26.  Thanks for the report.
> 
> To reproduce from emacs -q:
> C-x b RET
> C-x h
> C-x r s i
> M->
> F3
> C-x r i i
> F4
> C-x C-k SPC
> y
> Error in post-command-hook (kmacro-step-edit-post-command):
> (void-variable kmacro-step-edit-active)
> C-x C-k SPC
> (observe that the last "i" in "C-x r i i" is gone)
> 
> Actually, the following is enough to trigger the error from emacs -q:
> C-x b RET
> C-x C-k SPC
> (i.e., when the last kbd macro doesn't exist)

As of the fix for Bug#28818, the (void-variable
kmacro-step-edit-active) errors should be gone, but the buggy register
behavior remains.

Message #14 received at 18611 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: charles <at> aurox.ch (Charles A. Roelli)
Cc: tim.nielens <at> gmail.com, 18611 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#18611: 24.3; macre step edit and use of registers
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2021 00:08:22 +0200

charles <at> aurox.ch (Charles A. Roelli) writes:

>> Something similar still affects emacs-26.  Thanks for the report.
>> 
>> To reproduce from emacs -q:
>> C-x b RET
>> C-x h
>> C-x r s i
>> M->
>> F3
>> C-x r i i
>> F4
>> C-x C-k SPC
>> y
>> Error in post-command-hook (kmacro-step-edit-post-command):
>> (void-variable kmacro-step-edit-active)
>> C-x C-k SPC
>> (observe that the last "i" in "C-x r i i" is gone)
>> 
>> Actually, the following is enough to trigger the error from emacs -q:
>> C-x b RET
>> C-x C-k SPC
>> (i.e., when the last kbd macro doesn't exist)
>
> As of the fix for Bug#28818, the (void-variable
> kmacro-step-edit-active) errors should be gone, but the buggy register
> behavior remains.

(I'm going through old bug reports that unfortunately got little
response at the time.)

As noted, the void-variable error is gone, but I'm not sure what the
buggy register behaviour here is?  I tried the recipe, and it seemed to
work fine?  That is `C-x C-k SPC y' executed the register insertion
command fine, as far as I can tell.

So are you still seeing this issue, or did I just misunderstand what the
problem here is?

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
   bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no

Message #19 received at 18611 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: charles <at> aurox.ch (Charles A. Roelli)
Cc: tim.nielens <at> gmail.com, 18611 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#18611: 24.3; macre step edit and use of registers
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2021 22:41:57 +0200

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

> As noted, the void-variable error is gone, but I'm not sure what the
> buggy register behaviour here is?  I tried the recipe, and it seemed to
> work fine?  That is `C-x C-k SPC y' executed the register insertion
> command fine, as far as I can tell.
>
> So are you still seeing this issue, or did I just misunderstand what the
> problem here is?

More information was requested, but no response was given within a
month, so I'm closing this bug report.  If the problem still exists,
please respond to this email and we'll reopen the bug report.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
   bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no

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