GNU bug report logs - #56418
Add duplicate-dwim [PATCH]

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Message #45 received at 56418 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: rms <at> gnu.org
Cc: mattiase <at> acm.org, 56418 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#56418: Add duplicate-dwim [PATCH]
Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2022 14:29:52 +0300

> Cc: 56418 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
> Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2022 23:33:22 -0400
> 
>   > Roughly, duplicate-dwim is to duplicate-line as upcase-dwim is to upcase-word. Ie, the -dwim commands operate on the region if active.
> 
> I think there are already several commands that operate on the region
> if it is active, otherwise on some other textual unit.  Would it be
> bad for duplicate-line to do this?  Then we wouldn't need a separate
> duplicate-dwim.

That was suggested, but turned out to be too controversial.

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