GNU bug report logs - #7046
23.1; Repeating emacs macro skipping every second line

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Gord Wait <gordwait <at> lighthauslogic.com>

Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 19:00:03 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 8114, 10461

Found in versions 23.1, 24.0.50

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
To: Gord Wait <gordwait <at> lighthauslogic.com>
Cc: "'7046 <at> debbugs.gnu.org'" <7046 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: bug#7046: More info
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 17:35:27 +0200

> I also tried using "forward-line" and got similar results.  It seems
> to be dependent on how many repeats I select. If I auto repeat say 10
> lines worth, It seems to be ok. If I auto repeat the macro 1000 times,
> then it starts to skip every line at some point..

Both cases sound like bugs, but without a concrete test case it's
difficult to track it down.  Can you provide a precise test case
(e.g. a sample file and the key strokes you hit to define and run the
macro, ideally starting from "emacs -Q")?


        Stefan
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