bug#65380: [PATCH] Add command to copy contents in a diff-mode buffer

[Philip Kaludercic]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>> From: Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net>
>> Cc: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>,  65380@debbugs.gnu.org
>> Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2023 18:24:53 +0000
>> 
>> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>> 
>> >> From: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
>> >> Cc: Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net>,  65380@debbugs.gnu.org
>> >> Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2023 19:30:03 +0300
>> >> 
>> >> Regarding the implementation, there is the function
>> >> 'diff-hunk-text', but it's limited to one hunk only.
>> >
>> > So is the proposed new function, isn't it?
>> 
>> No, the current proposal doesn't have any special handling for text
>> between hunks.
>
> AFAIU, the function you proposed removes the first character from each
> line in the region, so how will it handle multiple hunks?
>
> Or maybe I misunderstood what you meant by "No"?

The command does not error when the region selects more than just a
sub-region of a hunk, but it doesn't do anything useful either.