(allout-region-active-p): Renamed from my-region-active-p. Use `use-region-p'.

(allout-write-file-hook-handler): Simplify code.

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 56ddf7531ce..c71fb2ae349 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -450,9 +450,14 @@ variable as having been made within Custom.
 ** `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