GNU bug report logs - #13810
24.3.50; Docstring of `newline' is confusing

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Xue Fuqiao <xfq.free <at> gmail.com>

Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2013 10:06:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: fixed

Found in version 24.3.50

Fixed in version 28.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Xue Fuqiao <xfq.free <at> gmail.com>
Cc: stephen.berman <at> gmx.net, 13810 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#13810: 24.3.50; Docstring of `newline' is confusing
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2013 05:46:44 +0200

> Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2013 06:33:11 +0800
> From: Xue Fuqiao <xfq.free <at> gmail.com>
> Cc: stephen.berman <at> gmx.net, 13810 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> On Mon, 25 Feb 2013 17:50:14 +0200
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> wrote:
> 
> > The glossary is not the place where to look for all the possible
> > meanings of "margin".
> 
> Why?  Because it has to be brief?

Because it doesn't pretend to cover everything.

I do agree that it would be good in this particular case to add the
other meaning of "margin" to the glossary, though.
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