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bug#11364: [debbugs-tracker] Processed: severity 11364 wishlist
From: |
Chong Yidong |
Subject: |
bug#11364: [debbugs-tracker] Processed: severity 11364 wishlist |
Date: |
Thu, 12 Jul 2012 14:29:50 +0800 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.1.50 (gnu/linux) |
"Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
>> M-x delete-selection-mode ; turn it on
>>
>> Double click a word, sexp, line, or what have you. Or select
>> the region some other way. The point is to get an active region.
>>
>> Use `left', `right', `up', or `down' cursor keys (or `C-f'
>> etc. if you prefer). The region stays active and is extended
>> (or restricted).
>>
>> This useful, standard Emacs feature was lost starting with
>> Emacs 23. Now, moving the cursor deactivates the region.
>> It should not, at least not in `delete-selection-mode'.
>
> Based on the definitions of "wishlist" and "normal" severity, I reclassified
> this easily reproducible regression as "normal".
> http://debbugs.gnu.org/Developer.html#severities
The behavior of Emacs 22 is an unintended and (AFAICT) undocumented
consequence of the delete-selection-mode implementation---basically a
bug, since it had nothing to do with deleting selections. We might
eventually re-implement this as an optional behavior, but that would be
a new feature (it will certainly not be the default behavior, since it
is very non-standard for graphical applications).
So I do not regard this as a regression, or even a bug. I'm setting the
severity to wishlist, because there are better things to work on. Do
not play with the severity---that will not increase the likelihood of
this feature being implemented.