GNU bug report logs - #1299
lispref - searching.texi: Updating of looking-back arguments and return values in the example

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Seweryn Kokot <sewkokot <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2008 19:10:04 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #10 received at 1299 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
To: 1299 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Seweryn Kokot <sewkokot <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#1299: lispref - searching.texi: Updating of looking-back
 arguments and return values in the example
Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2008 08:41:46 +0100

> See the diff attached. Note that I copied the explanation for greedy
> argument of `looking-back' function. Because I'm not a native speaker
> so probably this paragraph requires some rephrasing.

FWIW, it might not harm to also resolve the contradiction that REGEXP
can match _before_ LIMIT when GREEDY is non-nil (in the manual _and_ the
doc-string).

martin
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