GNU bug report logs - #12416
24.2; doc string of `line-beginning-position'

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2012 15:43:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 24.2

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #10 received at 12416-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 12416-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#12416: 24.2; doc string of `line-beginning-position'
Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2012 23:29:21 +0800

"Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

> This makes it sound like a value of 1 is some kind of exception:
>  
>  "With argument N not nil or 1, move forward N - 1 lines first."
>  
> Actually, 1 is treated like any other number N.
>  
> The exception is nil.  And to document that we should simply say that
> the default value of N is 1.  That takes care of two places where we
> talk about "if N is nil or 1".
>  
> IOW, this doc is unnecessarily complicated.

Fixed in trunk.
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