GNU bug report logs - #18697
25.0.50; [PATCH] hi-lock interactive functions now default to the active region, if there is one

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Message #42 received at 18697 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Cc: 18697 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Dima Kogan <dima <at> secretsauce.net>
Subject: Re: bug#18697: 25.0.50;
 [PATCH] hi-lock interactive functions now default to the active
 region, if there is one
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2019 12:14:30 +0200

Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net> writes:

>> Hm...  I think this sounds kinda unusual?  We don't have any other
>> prompting functions that default to using the contents of the region (if
>> it's active), I think?
>
> Wouldn't the following patch satisfy the request by allowing to use
> M-n M-n to fetch the active region in the hi-lock command prompt:

[...]

>  appends the list returned by this function to the end of values available
>  via \\<minibuffer-local-map>\\[next-history-element]."
>    (list
> +   (when (use-region-p)
> +     (buffer-substring-no-properties (region-beginning) (region-end)))
>     (find-tag-default-as-regexp)
>     (find-tag-default-as-symbol-regexp)
>     (car regexp-search-ring)

That's still a rather unusual way for a command to work, I think.

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