GNU bug report logs - #6846
unable to kill text

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: mwhirsch <at> chorus.net

Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 17:38:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: moreinfo

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#6846: closed (unable to kill text)
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 00:07:02 +0000
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From: "Morris W. Hirsch" <mwhirsch <at> chorus.net>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Bug report
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 12:28:32 -0500
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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email:  mwhirsch <at> chorus.net


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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: 6846-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#6846: Bug report
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 20:06:31 -0400
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.


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