GNU bug report logs - #11056
23.3; GNUS documentation error

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Packages: emacs, gnus;

Reported by: Randy Yates <randy.yates <at> ti.com>

Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 16:41:03 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 23.3

Done: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #10 received at 11056-close <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Randy Yates <randy.yates <at> ti.com>
Cc: 11056-close <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#11056: 23.3; GNUS documentation error
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 22:33:36 +0200

> I didn't fill in any of the above since this is simply a complaint about the
> documentation string for the gnus-summary-move-article function and its
> relatives. 

> The first sentence of that docstring states: 

>   Move the current article to a different newsgroup.

> That sentence is false, depending on the parameters passed. 

> Why couldn't it read

>   Move a group of articles to a different newsgroup.

It says that, because that's what all these commands do if you just call
them without any parameters.

The second line says

If N is a positive number, move the N next articles.

and so on.

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