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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
Cc: Richard Copley <rcopley@gmail.com>, 10133@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#10133: (24.0.91; mark-active)
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 08:52:30 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwv62i39gz7.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <u962i3k59b.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (Glenn Morris's message of "Mon, 28 Nov 2011 21:54:24 -0500")

>> I guess the bug is that the functions in "log-view.el" should be using
>> `use-region-p' or `region-active-p' rather than `mark-active'.
> Why? That would make them dependent on transient mark mode.

But the current behavior means that without transient-mark-mode, if
you've set the mark at some point in the past, you can't do a "diff with
current file" any more, only a "diff between revision at point and
revision at mark".

> Nowhere in the doc of eg log-view-diff does it say that the function
> behaves differently if transient mark mode is on.  So I don't see that
> there is a bug here.

It's maybe not a bug, but it's a limitation.
I think `use-region-p' would make a lot of sense here nowadays (there
was no temporary tmm back when I wrote the code, so something like
use-region-p would have made the "diff between 2 revisions"
inaccessible to non-tmm users, but this limit has now been lifted).


        Stefan





  reply	other threads:[~2011-11-29 13:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-11-25 14:15 bug#10133: 24.0.91; mark-active Richard Copley
2011-11-25 14:30 ` bug#10133: (24.0.91; mark-active) Richard Copley
2011-11-29  2:54   ` Glenn Morris
2011-11-29 13:52     ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2011-11-29 17:27       ` Glenn Morris
2012-08-09  7:50       ` Chong Yidong

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