GNU bug report logs - #5175
23.1.50; mark deactivated without running deactivate-mark-hook when replying with Gnus

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Tassilo Horn <tassilo <at> member.fsf.org>

Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:30:25 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #20 received at 5175 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
To: Katsumi Yamaoka <yamaoka <at> jpl.org>
Cc: Tassilo Horn <tassilo <at> member.fsf.org>, 5175 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, ding <at> gnus.org
Subject: Re: bug#5175: 23.1.50;
	mark deactivated without running deactivate-mark-hook when replying
	with Gnus
Date: Fri, 01 Jan 2010 21:41:59 -0500

Katsumi Yamaoka <yamaoka <at> jpl.org> writes:

> This incompatible change makes Gnus not work with old Emacsen, so
> I don't merge it to the Gnus trunk, i.e., No Gnus.  Any idea not
> to use the argument of `exchange-point-and-mark'?

An alternative is to avoid using exchange-point-and-mark entirely, like
this:

 (goto-char (prog1 (mark t)
               (set-marker (mark-marker) (point)
                           (current-buffer))))

(Please don't replay to emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com/debbugs.gnu.org AND
emacs-pretest-bug at the same time; sending to the latter creates a new
bug in our database.)
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