# HG changeset patch
# User Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
# Date 1198446385 0
# Node ID 7fb15af635f403c0d2ed91e74ce2f546f67e344e
# Parent  6be99f7927ac1f2fd7f3dc352c79870070115ac3
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diff -r 6be99f7927ac -r 7fb15af635f4 etc/NEWS
--- a/etc/NEWS	Sun Dec 23 21:45:44 2007 +0000
+++ b/etc/NEWS	Sun Dec 23 21:46:25 2007 +0000
@@ -149,6 +149,9 @@
 ** TAB now indents the region if the region is active and
 `transient-mark-mode' is turned on.
 
+** `use-empty-active-region' controls whether an empty active region
+in Transient Mark mode should make commands operate on that empty region.
+
 ** C-z now invokes `suspend-frame', C-x C-c now invokes
 `save-buffers-kill-terminal'.
 
@@ -439,6 +442,9 @@
 ** `frame-inherited-parameters' lets new frames inherit parameters from
 the selected frame.
 
+** Commands should use `region-active-p' to test whether there is
+an active region that they should operate on.
+
 ** 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