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[PATCH] Add command to copy contents in a diff-mode buffer

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Philip Kaludercic <philipk <at> posteo.net>
Cc: 65380 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#65380: [PATCH] Add command to copy contents in a diff-mode buffer
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2023 13:46:01 +0300

> From: Philip Kaludercic <philipk <at> posteo.net>
> Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2023 09:53:58 +0000
> 
> This command solves a long-standing annoyance I have had when working
> with diffs.  To my knowledge there is no existing way to achieve this
> (rectangular selection might be possible, but that behaves differently
> when the text is yanked).  The binding "w" seems intuitive when
> contrasted with "M-w", but might be confused with "W" (widen).  Not sure
> if that is an issue or not.

Please tell more about the use cases where this would be useful.  I
couldn't understand that from the patch itself.

Thanks.

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