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authorRichard M. Stallman <[email protected]>1998-05-19 05:22:50 +0000
committerRichard M. Stallman <[email protected]>1998-05-19 05:22:50 +0000
commitcb3e1b4c4cb11ea4461dd09cd5c756b6c5340a5a (patch)
treefb42e3537e10bc5519085162f6104943918d24fc /lisp/simple.el
parentcdda8f47bea08acb08e953f2c09211c3cfa9b7dd (diff)
(kill-region): Set this-command unconditionally in a read-only buffer.
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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/simple.el b/lisp/simple.el
index 9e79a11489..ae4ce39111 100644
--- a/lisp/simple.el
+++ b/lisp/simple.el
@@ -1647,10 +1647,11 @@ to make one entry in the kill ring."
;; However, there's no harm in putting
;; the region's text in the kill ring, anyway.
(copy-region-as-kill beg end)
- ;; This should always barf, and give us the correct error.
+ ;; Set this-command now, so it will be set even if we get an error.
+ (setq this-command 'kill-region)
+ ;; This should barf, if appropriate, and give us the correct error.
(if kill-read-only-ok
(message "Read only text copied to kill ring")
- (setq this-command 'kill-region)
;; Signal an error if the buffer is read-only.
(barf-if-buffer-read-only)
;; If the buffer isn't read-only, the text is.