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

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Message #76 received at 13032 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>
To: Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 13032 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#13032: 24.3.50;
	Request: Provide a `delete-duplicate-lines' command
Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2012 01:51:47 +0200

>> It just occurred to me that we could also add an alias `uniq' that will
>> call the command `delete-duplicate-lines' with non-nil ADJACENT arg.
>>
>> We already have aliases like `mkdir' for `make-directory',
>> so the command `uniq' would be handy too.
>
> Fine with me.

But the problem is that `uniq' might be confused with a similarly named
feature `uniquify' that uniquifies buffer names.

> BTW, I've just noticed that the command doesn't deactivate the mark
> when there is no duplicate lines in the region.  Could that be fixed?

This problem is not specific to `delete-duplicate-lines'.
All similar functions like e.g. `delete-matching-lines',
`delete-non-matching-lines' and `delete-blank-lines'
behave the same way.

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