From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#10133: (24.0.91; mark-active) Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 12:27:22 -0500 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1322587701 13189 80.91.229.12 (29 Nov 2011 17:28:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:28:21 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Richard Copley , 10133@debbugs.gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Nov 29 18:28:17 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RVRTb-0006ql-RN for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 29 Nov 2011 18:28:15 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:41974 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RVRTb-0001vz-C1 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 29 Nov 2011 12:28:15 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:51836) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RVRTT-0001ty-R7 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Nov 2011 12:28:13 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RVRTQ-0008Hn-Ja for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Nov 2011 12:28:07 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:44413) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RVRTQ-0008HV-3i for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Nov 2011 12:28:04 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RVRVM-0003iz-3i for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Nov 2011 12:30:04 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Glenn Morris Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:30:03 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 10133 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 10133-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B10133.132258777514251 (code B ref 10133); Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:30:03 +0000 Original-Received: (at 10133) by debbugs.gnu.org; 29 Nov 2011 17:29:35 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RVRUs-0003hn-Bm for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 29 Nov 2011 12:29:35 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RVRUj-0003ha-PE for 10133@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 29 Nov 2011 12:29:28 -0500 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RVRSk-0000NW-8w; Tue, 29 Nov 2011 12:27:22 -0500 X-Spook: mailbomb benelux SP4 Audiotel BLU-97 A/B e-bomb X-Ran: {+\mr,nC9p^cqMlh.47>H+-_c}[&hI2?&+TFr5~FF%'P\F,09McjEWt'C>5:h`G'+OGF:1 X-Hue: red X-Attribution: GM In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Tue, 29 Nov 2011 08:52:30 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 12:30:04 -0500 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:54430 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier wrote: > 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". You can move the mark to point, though I agree it's not ideal. > 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). Some people disable even temporary tmm. :)