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25.1; Using mouse, can put empty keyboard macro in macro ring

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From: Gemini Lasswell <gazally <at> runbox.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 25.1; Using mouse, can put empty keyboard macro in macro ring
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2016 14:32:18 -0800

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]

The commentary in lisp/kmacro.el says "Note: an empty macro is never
added to the macro ring.", but here is a way to add an empty macro to
the ring using kmacro-end-call-mouse, which is by default bound to
S-mouse-3. I am not aware of any serious side effects of there being an
empty macro in the ring.

To reproduce, with emacs -Q and the mouse pointer positioned over your
Emacs window:

C-x ( aaa S-mouse-3
C-x ( S-mouse-3
C-x ( bbb S-mouse-3
C-x C-k C-n C-n C-n

This defines three macros, one which inserts "aaa", an empty one, and one
which inserts "bbb". Then the repeated C-n's of the last step cycle
through the macros in the ring and display them in the echo area.

I'm attaching a patch which makes kmacro-end-call-mouse do the same
thing that kmacro-end-and-call-macro does in this case, which is to end
the definition of the empty macro, pop the empty macro off the ring, and
then run the macro which becomes current.

[0001-Don-t-add-empty-keyboard-macro-to-macro-ring.patch (text/plain, attachment)]

[Message part 3 (text/plain, inline)]

 GNU Emacs 25.1.1 (x86_64-apple-darwin15.6.0, NS appkit-1404.47 Version 10.11.6 (Build 15G1004))
 of 2016-10-09 built on rainbow.local
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  auto-encryption-mode: t
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Recent messages:
Defining kbd macro...
Keyboard macro defined
Defining kbd macro...
Keyboard macro defined
Macro: aaa
Macro:
Macro: bbb
Macro: aaa
Macro:
Macro: bbb

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Message #8 received at 24992 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net>
To: Gemini Lasswell <gazally <at> runbox.com>
Cc: 24992 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#24992: 25.1;
 Using mouse, can put empty keyboard macro in macro ring
Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2017 22:01:28 -0500

severity 24992 minor
tags 24992 + patch
quit

Gemini Lasswell <gazally <at> runbox.com> writes:

> The commentary in lisp/kmacro.el says "Note: an empty macro is never
> added to the macro ring.", but here is a way to add an empty macro to
> the ring using kmacro-end-call-mouse, which is by default bound to
> S-mouse-3. I am not aware of any serious side effects of there being an
> empty macro in the ring.
>
> To reproduce, with emacs -Q and the mouse pointer positioned over your
> Emacs window:
>
> C-x ( aaa S-mouse-3
> C-x ( S-mouse-3
> C-x ( bbb S-mouse-3
> C-x C-k C-n C-n C-n
>
> This defines three macros, one which inserts "aaa", an empty one, and one
> which inserts "bbb". Then the repeated C-n's of the last step cycle
> through the macros in the ring and display them in the echo area.
>
> I'm attaching a patch which makes kmacro-end-call-mouse do the same
> thing that kmacro-end-and-call-macro does in this case, which is to end
> the definition of the empty macro, pop the empty macro off the ring, and
> then run the macro which becomes current.

I guess this could be applied now?

Message #15 received at 24992 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Gemini Lasswell <gazally <at> runbox.com>
To: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net>
Cc: 24992 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#24992: 25.1;
 Using mouse, can put empty keyboard macro in macro ring
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2017 11:34:00 -0800

Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net> writes:

> I guess this could be applied now?

I've pushed it to emacs-26.

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