GNU bug report logs - #20785
user-error for mark-inactive

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Message #19 received at 20785 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
Cc: 20785 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#20785: user-error for mark-inactive
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2015 01:46:17 +0300

>> `mark-inactive' signaled in the function `mark'
>> has the message only about the mark:
>
>>   "The mark is not active now"
>
>> whereas the user-error message in `kill-region'
>> is specific about the region:
>
>>   "The mark is not set now, so there is no region"
>
> I'm not sure how important is this difference (or even if it's intentional).

I noticed another occurrence in ‘shell-command-on-region’, so maybe better
to leave the mention of the region in all region-related commands.

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