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>

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>
Cc: rudalics <at> gmx.at, 37700 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#37700: 27.0.50; undo mouse-drag-and-drop-region ineffective
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2019 17:43:54 +0300

> From: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>
> Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2019 14:51:01 +0200
> Cc: 37700 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> 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.

Given that the region can be easily deactivated, I'm not sure I see
the sense in introducing options that selectively disable
region-sensitive behavior of specific commands.
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