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Re: `insert' inside `with-current-buffer' deactivating the mark?
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Stefan Monnier |
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Re: `insert' inside `with-current-buffer' deactivating the mark? |
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Mon, 04 Mar 2013 13:21:58 -0500 |
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> Thanks. Yes, I know `deactivate-mark' - but why is it necessary here?
> Why does changing another buffer deactivate the mark in the current
> buffer?
Because deactivate-mark is a global variable. Note also that the mark is
not deactivated in some cases where it "should":
M-: (progn (insert "a") (set-buffer (other-buffer))) RET
IOW the auto-deactivation is just a coarse heuristic, which only covers
most cases, but not all.
Stefan