Re: [Orgmode] Weird behaviour with org-yank and org-startup-indented

[Carsten Dominik]

On Oct 20, 2010, at 5:33 PM, Chong Yidong wrote:

> Julien Danjou <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > In a Org buffer with org-startup-indented set to t, type:
> >
> > ** TODO abcdefgh
> >
> > Go on `c', activate mark press C-e, press M-w (kill-ring-save).
> > [Wrong primary selection appears]
>
> The problem is in org-indent-refresh-section, which is run from a  
> timer.
> This function first moves point and then calls remove-text-properties,
> which is considered a buffer change.  Since the mark is active, the
> selection code saves the region to saved-region-selection, from  
> which it
> is later saved to the primary selection.

Ah, this is interesting, thank you very much!

> There are a few possible fixes, but I am yet not sure which is best.
> One is to avoid setting saved-region-selection inside a timer.   
> Another
> is for save-excursion to inhibit writing to saved-region-selection; a
> third is not to treat remove-text-properties as a trigger for saving  
> the
> primary selection.

I'll go with Stefan's solution, using with-silent-modifications.  I  
had already
code that would restore buffer-modified-flag, but apparently this was  
not enough.

Thanks!

- Carsten