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bug#13032: 24.3.50; Request: Provide a `delete-duplicate-lines' command
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Dani Moncayo |
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bug#13032: 24.3.50; Request: Provide a `delete-duplicate-lines' command |
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Wed, 5 Dec 2012 09:08:07 +0100 |
>>> It just occurred to me that we could also add an alias `uniq' that will
>>> call the command `delete-duplicate-lines' with non-nil ADJACENT arg.
>>>
>>> We already have aliases like `mkdir' for `make-directory',
>>> so the command `uniq' would be handy too.
>>
>> Fine with me.
>
> But the problem is that `uniq' might be confused with a similarly named
> feature `uniquify' that uniquifies buffer names.
Indeed. That is the problem of using such ambiguous names. FWIW, I
have no particular interest in this `uniq' alias.
>> BTW, I've just noticed that the command doesn't deactivate the mark
>> when there is no duplicate lines in the region. Could that be fixed?
>
> This problem is not specific to `delete-duplicate-lines'.
> All similar functions like e.g. `delete-matching-lines',
> `delete-non-matching-lines' and `delete-blank-lines'
> behave the same way.
Indeed. I filed bug #10056 because of this kind of problem. I've
included these cases in that bug report.
Thank you.
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Dani Moncayo