# HG changeset patch
# User Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
# Date 1198623607 0
# Node ID 0c8af1419a88cea1de495c9c6b5199711c33a745
# Parent  de993b77d77026d50ef83d88e831de74f9b4b64e
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diff -r de993b77d770 -r 0c8af1419a88 etc/NEWS
--- a/etc/NEWS	Tue Dec 25 22:58:58 2007 +0000
+++ b/etc/NEWS	Tue Dec 25 23:00:07 2007 +0000
@@ -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