GNU bug report logs - #10133
log-view and transient mark mode

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From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
Cc: Richard Copley <rcopley <at> gmail.com>, Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>, 10133 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#10133: (24.0.91; mark-active)
Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2012 15:50:25 +0800

Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA> writes:

>> 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).

I changed it to use use-region-p.

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