GNU bug report logs - #13437
24.3.50; doc of `but-last'

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Package: emacs;

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

Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2013 17:41:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: fixed, wontfix

Found in version 24.3.50

Fixed in version 24.4

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: 13437 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#13437: control message for bug 13437
Date: Sat, 01 Feb 2014 14:58:35 -0500

Lars Ingebrigtsen wrote:

> Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> writes:
>
>> # cf forward-char, forward-line etc etc
>> tag 13437 wontfix
>
> forward-char is an interactive built-in function in `C source code'.
>
> [...]
>
> If N is omitted or nil, move point 1 character forward.

forward-char did not use to say that until recently (and forward-line
etc still does not).

Pretending it's not obvious that N defaults to 1 for all such functions
is just being tediously literal-minded IMO.

But it's obviously not worth arguing about.
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