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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, juri <at> linkov.net
Subject: bug#65380: [PATCH] Add command to copy contents in a diff-mode buffer
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2024 21:43:00 +0300

> From: Philip Kaludercic <philipk <at> posteo.net>
> Cc: juri <at> linkov.net,  65380 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2024 16:23:09 +0000
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > I think "copy the text removed by the diffs", and perhaps say
> > explicitly that those are the lines in the hunks preceded with "-".
> 
> According to `diff-font-lock-keywords' diff-mode also supports the "<"
> syntax for removed parts of a hunk (I believe this comes from RCS?).

No, that's the original Diff format, before we had -c and -u.

By all means mention the "<" lines as well.

> Then again, I would assume that the structure and contents of a diff
> should be familiar to anyone using diff-mode seriously enough to be
> interested in a command like this one?

Yes, but the connection between that and what you mean by "deleted
text" might not be obvious to everyone.

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