GNU bug report logs - #77942
31.0.50; replace-region-contents gets stuck

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Gerd Möllmann <gerd.moellmann <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2025 15:30:07 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 31.0.50

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Message #41 received at 77942 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Gerd Möllmann <gerd.moellmann <at> gmail.com>
Cc: eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca, 77942 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#77942: 31.0.50; replace-region-contents gets stuck
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2025 14:37:13 +0300

> Cc: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>, 77942 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> From: Gerd Möllmann <gerd.moellmann <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2025 05:48:14 +0200
> 
> But honestly, what the heck? Does someone know what this diffing is
> about in the first place?

It's about leaving the unchanged portions of text intact, including
their properties, overlays, markers, etc.  I believe the doc string
says that much.
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