Subject: bug#6846: closed (Re: bug#6846: Bug report)

From: [email-masked] (GNU bug Tracking System)
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 00:07:02 +0000

Your bug report

#6846: unable to kill text

which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed.

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
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Subject: Re: bug#6846: Bug report
From: Glenn Morris <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 20:06:31 -0400
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This bug is being closed because it could not be reproduced and there
was no response to a request for more information.
If you still see the problem with the latest Emacs release, 23.3,
please reply with the requested information and it can be reopened if needed.

You can view the whole report at http://debbugs.gnu.org/BUGNUMBER

Chong Yidong wrote:

> Works for me.  What version of Emacs are you using?  Please provide all
> the information that is generated by M-x report-emacs-bug.

Subject: Bug report
From: "Morris W. Hirsch" <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 12:28:32 -0500
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This  used to work, but recently stopped working:

 From EMACS TUTORIAL line 375:

"You can also kill any part of the text with one uniform method.  Move
to one end of that part, and type C-@ or C-<SPC> (either one).  (<SPC>
is the Space bar.)  Move to the other end of that part, and type C-w.
That kills all the text between the two positions.

>> Move the cursor to the Y at the start of the previous paragraph.
>> Type C-<SPC>.  Emacs should display a message "Mark set"
   at the bottom of the screen.
>> Move the cursor to the n in "end", on the second line of the
   paragraph.
>> Type C-w.  This will kill the text starting from the Y,
   and ending just before the n."

I've done exactly that. 
No text is killed. All that happens is a minibuffer appears containing
the message. 

"The mark is not active now"

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