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

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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, tkk <at> misasa.okayama-u.ac.jp,
 homeros.misasa <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#37700: 27.0.50; undo mouse-drag-and-drop-region ineffective
Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2019 20:17:02 +0300

> From: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>
> Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2019 18:42:30 +0200
> Cc: Tak Kunihiro <homeros.misasa <at> gmail.com>, tkk <at> misasa.okayama-u.ac.jp,
>         Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
> 
> > So perhaps a better way to resolve this situation is to teach 'undo'
> > about drag-and-drop, so that it doesn't undo selectively immediately
> > after drag-and-drop?
> 
> Maybe --- can it be done within the current 'undo' framework, or would drag-and-drop need to be special-cased? Did you have a particular approach in mind?

I didn't figure out the details, I only had a general idea.  I thought
about doing that inside 'undo', perhaps have a list of commands for
which an immediate 'undo' will disregard an active region.

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