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bug#48718: 27.2; Mode-line still displays ~Active after LaTex embedded c
From: |
Colin Baxter |
Subject: |
bug#48718: 27.2; Mode-line still displays ~Active after LaTex embedded calc has ended |
Date: |
Fri, 28 May 2021 17:53:14 +0100 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.2 (gnu/linux) |
Hello Kyle,
>>>>> Kyle Meyer <kyle@kyleam.com> writes:
> Colin Baxter writes:
>> 1. emacs -Q <RET> 2. C-x C-f test.tex <RET> 3. Mode line says
>> "LaTeX" 3. In buffer enter $2*2$ 4. With point in expression do
>> C-x * e. 8. $2*2$ changes to $4$. 9. Echo area gives message
>> "Embedded Calc mode enabled; Give this command again to return to
>> normal". Mode-line says "LaTeX ~Active". 10. Give command C-x *
>> e again. 11. Buffer returns to normal with message "Back to
>> LaTeX mode". 12. But mode-line still displays "LaTeX ~Active",
>> and does so until the buffer is killed.
> As far as I understand, that's by design. It indicates that
> formulas are still active in the buffer.
> From (info "(calc)Assignments in Embedded Mode"):
> [...] Calc puts ‘~Active’ in the mode line if some, but probably
> not all, formulas in the buffer are active. This happens if you
> activate a few formulas one at a time but never use ‘C-x * a’, or
> if you used ‘C-x * a’ but then Calc had to deactivate a formula
> because it lost track of it. If neither of these symbols appears
> in the mode line, no embedded formulas are active in the buffer
> (e.g., before Embedded mode has been used, or after a ‘M-- C-x *
> a’).
> You should see an entry for the buffer in the variable
> calc-embedded-active. Invoking the keybinding mentioned in the
> last sentence quoted above (triggering calc-embedded-forget)
> should remove the buffer's entry from calc-embedded-active and
> "~Active" from the mode line.
Well yes, but the above information has to be gleaned from info. The
user is just told that another C-x * e will return things to
normal. This is not the case. I think at the very least the user should
be given further information.
Best wishes,
Colin.