GNU bug report logs - #13032
24.3.50; Request: Provide a `delete-duplicate-lines' command

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 19:26:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 24.3.50

Done: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Thierry Volpiatto <thierry.volpiatto <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 13032 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#13032: 24.3.50; Request: Provide a `delete-duplicate-lines' command
Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2012 09:46:33 -0500

>       (let ((lines (helm-fast-remove-dups
>                     (split-string (buffer-string) "\n" t)
>                     :test 'equal)))
>         (delete-region (point-min) (point-max))
>         (loop for l in lines do (insert (concat l "\n")))))))

The inconvenient with this version is that any overlays/markers will
be lost, and the buffer will be marked as modified even if there were no
duplicate lines.


        Stefan
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