Editing RMAIL message point moves unexpectedly

[Warren L Dodge]

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In GNU Emacs 21.3.1 (sparc-sun-solaris2.8, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars)
 of 2003-05-05 on rosewood
configured using `configure  --prefix=/proj/wdt/gnu_sun5.8/emacs-21.3'
Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: nil
  locale-coding-system: nil
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug
and the precise symptoms of the bug:

I use the "e" command in RMAIL to edit mail messages quite a bit. I had been
using emacs-19.34 and when you edit a message there, the current cursor
position in the mail message would not change when you entered the editing
mode.

In emacs-21.3 there is new code to show all the mail headers when you edit a
message. In doing this, the cursor will move from where it was. I generally
would put the cursor where I wanted it and then edit. The moving around is
quite annoying. This seems to have to do with if the mark is set or not.

I also would like to request a variable to disable the showing of the
headers. It is very seldon I would want to see them and edit. If I needed
that I would do the "t" command and then edit.



Recent input:
g _ <backspace> - r e C-s C-s C-g <help> i C-x k <return> 
<help> <down-mouse-1> <mouse-1> C-s b u g C-s C-a i 
i <help> i <help-echo> <down-mouse-2> <mouse-2> <help-echo> 
<down-mouse-2> <mouse-2> <help-echo> <escape> s b u 
g <return> <help-echo> <down-mouse-2> <mouse-2> <help-echo> 
<down-mouse-1> <mouse-1> <help-echo> C-x k <return> 
i C-x k <return> C-x k <return> <help> i <help-echo> 
<down-mouse-2> <mouse-2> <help-echo> <next> <next> 
<next> <next> <next> <next> <next> <next> <next> <next> 
<up> <up> <up> <up> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> 
<down> <up> <help-echo> <down-mouse-2> <mouse-2> n 
n <escape> x r e p o <tab> r t <tab> <return>

Recent messages:
Mark set
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Buffer is read-only: #<buffer *Help*> [2 times]

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