GNU bug report logs - #51390
29.0.50; repeat-mode: Fails to repeat keys in global-map(?)

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Visuwesh <visuwesh <at> tutanota.com>

Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2021 16:33:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 29.0.50

Fixed in version 28.0.60

Done: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>

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From: Visuwesh <visuwesh <at> tutanota.com>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Cc: 51390 <51390 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: bug#51390: 29.0.50; repeat-mode: Fails to repeat keys in global-map(?)
Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2021 14:23:43 +0100 (CET)

17 Nov 2021, 13:24 by juri <at> linkov.net:

Hi Juri,

>Thanks, everything's clear now. And no worries — a new option will allow
>to not end the repeating sequence on error.

Great, thanks!

>One problem I had with writing tests for such a feature — tests for repeat-mode
>are based on ‘execute-kbd-macro’, but an error ends the keyboard macro.
>So probably there will be no tests for this error-signaling repeatable commands.

I wonder if the new mechanism added to ERT by Lars could be help here?
(and used by the indentation tests)  But I suppose you still have to end
up using keyboard macros one way or another...
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