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#18611
24.3; macre step edit and use of registers
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Reported by: Tim Nielens <tim.nielens <at> gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2014 15:39:02 UTC
Severity: normal
Tags: moreinfo
Found in version 24.3
Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.
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> 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.
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