bug#13523: 24.2.92; [regression] mark-active

[Stefan Monnier]

> Can we turn the test around, so that rather than saying "deactivate the
> mark if the final event was mouse-set-point or mouse-set-region", we say
> "deactivate the mark unless the final event was X or Y"?
> (I don't know what X or Y are, something related to multi-clicks I guess.)

Can someone point out why the patch below wouldn't work?


        Stefan


=== modified file 'lisp/mouse.el'
--- lisp/mouse.el       2013-01-30 17:14:24 +0000
+++ lisp/mouse.el       2013-01-31 02:45:05 +0000
@@ -880,9 +880,9 @@
                     (copy-region-as-kill (mark) (point)))))
 
          ;; Otherwise, run binding of terminating up-event.
+          (deactivate-mark)
          (if do-multi-click
              (goto-char start-point)
-           (deactivate-mark)
            (unless moved-off-start
              (pop-mark)))