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

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From: Philip Kaludercic <philipk <at> posteo.net>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 65380 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, juri <at> linkov.net
Subject: Re: bug#65380: [PATCH] Add command to copy contents in a diff-mode
 buffer
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2024 21:35:06 +0000

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Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> 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.

OK on both counts, here is the updated version:

[0001-Add-command-to-copy-contents-in-a-diff-mode-buffer.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

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	Philip Kaludercic on peregrine

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