[Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/etc/NEWS,v

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /cvsroot/emacs
Module name:    emacs
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       07/12/25 23:00:07

Index: NEWS
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RCS file: /cvsroot/emacs/emacs/etc/NEWS,v
retrieving revision 1.1631
retrieving revision 1.1632
diff -u -b -r1.1631 -r1.1632
--- NEWS        25 Dec 2007 20:19:13 -0000      1.1631
+++ NEWS        25 Dec 2007 23:00:07 -0000      1.1632
@@ -450,9 +450,14 @@
 ** `frame-inherited-parameters' lets new frames inherit parameters from
 the selected frame.
 
-** Commands should use `region-active-p' to test whether there is
+** Commands should use `use-region-p' to test whether there is
 an active region that they should operate on.
 
+** `region-active-p' returns non-nil when Transient Mark mode
+is enabled and there is an active region.  This is NOT the best function
+to use to test whether a command should operate on the region instead
+of the usual behavior -- for that, use `use-region-p'.
+
 ** New keymap `input-decode-map' overrides like key-translation-map, but
 applies before function-key-map.  Also it is terminal-local contrary to
 key-translation-map.  Terminal-specific key-sequences are generally added to