From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net>
Cc: 65380@debbugs.gnu.org, juri@linkov.net
Subject: bug#65380: [PATCH] Add command to copy contents in a diff-mode buffer
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2024 21:43:00 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <86v7zvujbf.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87ttffupsi.fsf@posteo.net> (message from Philip Kaludercic on Tue, 20 Aug 2024 16:23:09 +0000)
> From: Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net>
> Cc: juri@linkov.net, 65380@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2024 16:23:09 +0000
>
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>
> > I think "copy the text removed by the diffs", and perhaps say
> > explicitly that those are the lines in the hunks preceded with "-".
>
> According to `diff-font-lock-keywords' diff-mode also supports the "<"
> syntax for removed parts of a hunk (I believe this comes from RCS?).
No, that's the original Diff format, before we had -c and -u.
By all means mention the "<" lines as well.
> Then again, I would assume that the structure and contents of a diff
> should be familiar to anyone using diff-mode seriously enough to be
> interested in a command like this one?
Yes, but the connection between that and what you mean by "deleted
text" might not be obvious to everyone.
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Thread overview: 48+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-08-19 9:53 bug#65380: [PATCH] Add command to copy contents in a diff-mode buffer Philip Kaludercic
2023-08-19 10:00 ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-08-20 0:59 ` Daniel Martín via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-08-20 7:52 ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-08-19 10:46 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-08-19 10:48 ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-08-19 11:06 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-08-19 15:45 ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-08-19 19:09 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-08-19 19:30 ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-08-19 21:01 ` Sean Whitton
2023-08-19 22:49 ` Rudolf Adamkovič via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-08-20 0:41 ` Daniel Martín via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-08-20 16:30 ` Juri Linkov
2023-08-20 18:17 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-08-20 18:24 ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-08-20 18:29 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-08-22 11:06 ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-08-22 11:29 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-08-17 16:34 ` Philip Kaludercic
2024-08-18 15:29 ` Philip Kaludercic
2024-08-18 15:43 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-08-18 16:20 ` Philip Kaludercic
2024-08-18 18:00 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-08-19 19:34 ` Philip Kaludercic
2024-08-20 6:44 ` Juri Linkov
2024-08-20 7:46 ` Philip Kaludercic
2024-08-20 16:53 ` Juri Linkov
2024-08-20 11:36 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-08-20 12:10 ` Philip Kaludercic
2024-08-20 13:09 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-08-20 16:23 ` Philip Kaludercic
2024-08-20 18:43 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2024-08-20 21:35 ` Philip Kaludercic
2024-08-21 13:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-08-21 19:40 ` Philip Kaludercic
2024-08-22 3:25 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-08-22 6:41 ` Philip Kaludercic
2024-08-22 10:22 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-08-22 18:59 ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-08-20 19:47 ` Jim Porter
2023-08-20 20:13 ` Gregory Heytings
2023-08-20 20:45 ` Jim Porter
2023-08-20 21:29 ` Gregory Heytings
2023-08-20 22:21 ` Jim Porter
2023-08-20 22:31 ` Gregory Heytings
2023-08-20 23:39 ` Gregory Heytings
2023-08-21 0:34 ` Jim Porter
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