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Re: how and why does keyboard input unhighlight the mouse-selected regio
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Kevin Rodgers |
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Re: how and why does keyboard input unhighlight the mouse-selected region? |
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Mon, 08 Sep 2003 10:13:27 -0600 |
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Sandip Chitale wrote:
> Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:<3F58D93F.2000005@yahoo.com>...
> > Sandip Chitale wrote:
> > > This may be the answer.
> > >
> > > deactivate-mark's value is t
> > >
> > > Documentation:
> > > If an editing command sets this to t, deactivate the mark afterward.
> > > The command loop sets this to nil before each command,
> > > and tests the value when the command returns.
> > > Buffer modification stores t in this variable.
> >
> > Yes, but even if I set it to nil with `M-:', select a region with the
> > mouse, and type a prefix character (C-h), the highlighting goes away. I
> > can examine its value with `M-:' after selecting the region, which verifies
> > that it is still nil. Merely typing a key causes the the highlighting to
> > disappear, even though no command has been executed.
>
> Is the "key" in "typing a key" a buffer modifying key?
No.
> If not (for
> example cursor movement keys) at least for me the region
> (highlighting) remains active.
Any key, e.g. C-h, C-b, C-f, C-p, C-n, C-x, <left>, <right>, <up>, or <down>.
emacs was started with the -q and --no-site-file options. The buffer is in
Fundamental mode.
GNU Emacs 21.3.1 (i386-pc-solaris2.7, X toolkit) of 2003-04-24 on briard
Is this a bug that I should report?
--
Kevin Rodgers
- how and why does keyboard input unhighlight the mouse-selected region?, Kevin Rodgers, 2003/09/04
- Re: how and why does keyboard input unhighlight the mouse-selected region?, Sandip Chitale, 2003/09/04
- Re: how and why does keyboard input unhighlight the mouse-selected region?, Kevin Rodgers, 2003/09/05
- Re: how and why does keyboard input unhighlight the mouse-selected region?, Sandip Chitale, 2003/09/05
- Re: how and why does keyboard input unhighlight the mouse-selected region?,
Kevin Rodgers <=
- Re: how and why does keyboard input unhighlight the mouse-selected region?, Stefan Monnier, 2003/09/08
- Re: how and why does keyboard input unhighlight the mouse-selected region?, Kevin Rodgers, 2003/09/08
- Re: how and why does keyboard input unhighlight the mouse-selected region?, Stefan Monnier, 2003/09/08
- Re: how and why does keyboard input unhighlight the mouse-selected region?, Kevin Rodgers, 2003/09/09
- Re: how and why does keyboard input unhighlight the mouse-selected region?, Stefan Monnier, 2003/09/09