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24.0.50; doc for select-active-regions doesn't match NEWS entry

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From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
Subject: 24.0.50; doc for select-active-regions doesn't match NEWS entry
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 07:46:18 -0700

1. NEWS says:
 
"It also accepts a new value, `lazy', which means to only set the
primary selection for temporarily active regions (usually made by
mouse-dragging or shift-selection)."
 
That's not supported in Customize.
 
2. NEWS should indicate what has *changed* since the previous Emacs
version.  What is the behavior change or value change wrt
`select-active-region'?
 
 
 
In GNU Emacs 24.0.50.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
 of 2010-09-20 on 3249CTO
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600
configured using `configure --with-gcc (4.4) --no-opt --cflags
-Ic:/imagesupport/include'
 

Message #8 received at 7195 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 7195 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7195: 24.0.50;
	doc for select-active-regions doesn't match NEWS entry
Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 13:04:16 +0200

> From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
> Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 07:46:18 -0700
> Cc: 
> 
> 1. NEWS says:
>  
> "It also accepts a new value, `lazy', which means to only set the
> primary selection for temporarily active regions (usually made by
> mouse-dragging or shift-selection)."
>  
> That's not supported in Customize.

The text in NEWS was in error: the new value is `only', which _is_
supported in Customize.  I fixed the NEWS entry.

> 2. NEWS should indicate what has *changed* since the previous Emacs
> version.  What is the behavior change or value change wrt
> `select-active-region'?

The entry says:

  *** `select-active-regions' now defaults to t, so active regions set
  the primary selection.

I think "so active regions set the primary selection" describes the
behavior change.  If you meant something else, please clarify.
Otherwise, we can close this bug report.

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