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

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Message #14 received at 65380 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Philip Kaludercic <philipk <at> posteo.net>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 65380 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#65380: [PATCH] Add command to copy contents in a diff-mode
 buffer
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2023 10:48:03 +0000

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

>> 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.

A simple example is where someone sends me a patch with a Elisp function
I'd like to evaluate.  If I can't or don't want to apply the patch right
now, I can use `diff-kill-ring-save' to copy the function without the
leading "+" into my scratch buffer and evaluate it there.

> Thanks.

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