bug#11691: 24.1; shell-command-on-region leaves region marked

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

Leo <sdl.web@gmail.com> writes:

> 1. save the attached bug.el and b.txt file
> 2. emacs -q -l bug.el
> 3. In a terminal open b.txt by running: emacsclient -n b.txt
>
> You should the whole buffer marked as shown in this screenshot.

I can confirm that that is the case.

> It is caused by push-mark and exchange-point-and-mark in
> shell-command-on-region.
>
> Leo
>
> (setq format-alist
>       '((rot13 "rot13" "abc" "tr a-mn-z n-za-m" "tr a-mn-z n-za-m" t nil)))
> (setq server-use-tcp t)
> (server-start)

But...  this happens because you set `format-alist' to this rather
curious value?  Without this `format-alist' setting, things work as
expected.

So I'm not sure whether this is a bug or an expected result.  Anybody?

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