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24.0.50; unexpected region highlighting with disabled transient-mark-mode

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Message #35 received at 6316 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Stephen Berman <stephen.berman <at> gmx.net>, Stefan Monnier
 <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 6316 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: RE: bug#6316: 24.0.50; unexpected region highlighting
Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2014 06:29:19 -0700 (PDT)

> if you mark and highlight a region in a
> buffer and then call e.g. `C-h f' or `C-h v', when the *Help* buffer
> opens this unhighlights the region in the other buffer, although the
> latter remains the current buffer.  Is this supposed to happen, and if
> so, why?  (If it's not supposed to happen, I'll open a new bug.)

`highlight-nonselected-windows' = t controls whether the region remains
highlighted in nonselected windows.

But after a command the region is deactivated, so depending on your
recipe you will not notice the effect of the variable.  IOW, in your
recipe, your command `C-h v' deactivated the region in the original
buffer.

To see the effect of the variable: C-SPC M-f C-x C-o C-SPC M-f.

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