GNU bug report logs - #37700
27.0.50; undo mouse-drag-and-drop-region ineffective

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>

Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2019 11:52:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 27.0.50

Done: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>
To: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
Cc: 37700 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#37700: 27.0.50; undo mouse-drag-and-drop-region ineffective
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2019 14:51:01 +0200

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11 okt. 2019 kl. 14.19 skrev martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>:
> 
> I suppose this the effect of undo working on the active region only.
> A very nasty invention.  Try deactivating the region right after 3.

Right, thank you. I wonder if anything would break if that were changed.

Proof-of-concept patch attached. (Manual and NEWS changes not included.) It does solve this particular problem.

Do you know of any drawbacks for someone whose editing habits are not dependent on the region confinement of undo?


[0001-Make-undo-confinement-to-active-region-user-settable.patch (application/octet-stream, attachment)]
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