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24.2.50; doc fix for `just-one-space'

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 12748 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#12748: 24.2.50; doc fix for `just-one-space'
Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2012 18:42:03 +0200

> Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2012 14:48:32 +0100
> From: Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo <at> gmail.com>
> 
> I propose this patch for fixing a documentation bug:

Thanks.

> === modified file 'doc/emacs/killing.texi'
> --- doc/emacs/killing.texi      2012-09-30 09:18:38 +0000
> +++ doc/emacs/killing.texi      2012-10-28 13:40:52 +0000
> @@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
>  (even if there were none before).  With a numeric argument @var{n}, it
>  leaves @var{n} spaces before point if @var{n} is positive; if @var{n}
>  is negative, it deletes newlines in addition to spaces and tabs,
> -leaving a single space before point.
> +leaving @var{-n} spaces before point.

"Leaving -N spaces" is sub-optimal English, IMO.

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