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M-^ (delete-indentation) doesn't work without a mark present

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Message #19 received at 35021 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob <at> tcd.ie>,
 Alex Branham <alex.branham <at> gmail.com>
Cc: stephen_leake <at> stephe-leake.org, stlman <at> poczta.fm, 35021 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 j <at> lollyshouse.ca
Subject: Re: bug#35021: M-^ (delete-indentation) doesn't work without a mark
 present
Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2019 13:15:07 +0300

> From: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob <at> tcd.ie>
> Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2019 16:09:14 +0000
> Cc: 35021 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Stephen Leake <stephen_leake <at> stephe-leake.org>,
> 	Łukasz Stelmach <stlman <at> poczta.fm>
> 
> > From a clean `emacs -Q` start:
> >
> > 1. Move point up to the bottom line of the *scratch* buffer comments
> > 2. Type M-^ (or M-x delete-indentation)
> > 3. Observe the following message in the minibuffer:
> >      The mark is not set now, so there is no region
> 
> This is because delete-indentation is currently using the 'r'
> interactive code, which barfs if the region is inactive.
> 
> I attach a patch which fixes this and also updates the entry for
> delete-indentation in the Elisp manual.  Is it acceptable?

Looks OK to me, please push.  Alex, this will also solve your bug
report, right?  If now, why not?

Thanks.

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