GNU bug report logs - #59350
29.0.50; Eval region or buffer

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Cc: 59350 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#59350: 29.0.50; Eval region or buffer
Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2022 21:43:11 +0200

> From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
> Cc: 59350 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2022 20:59:19 +0200
> 
> >> 'elisp-eval-buffer' is a nice new command that evaluates the current buffer
> >> with a convenient keybinding 'C-c C-e'.  It would be nicer also to react on
> >> the currently active region:
> >
> > That'd be confusing, IMO, given that the command says "buffer" in its
> > name.  We usually do this the other way around: eval-region should
> > work on the entire accessible portion of the buffer if the mark is not
> > set.  But note that eval-region doesn't need the region to be active,
> > so there be dragons.
> 
> Maybe then better to rename it to 'elisp-eval-region-or-buffer',
> then explain in the docstring it's for Transient Mark only.

Rename elisp-eval-buffer, you mean?  That's a possibility, yes.

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