Subject: bug#18611: 24.3; macre step edit and use of registers

From: [email-masked] (Charles A. Roelli)
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2017 12:13:42 +0200

> Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2017 21:01:12 +0200
> From: [email-masked] (Charles A. Roelli)
> CC: [email-masked]
> 
> > Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2014 09:45:19 +0200
> > From: Tim Nielens <[email-masked]>
> > 
> > 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.