GNU bug report logs - #14206
24.3.50; doc string of `execute-kbd-macro'

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Package: emacs;

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

Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2013 00:39:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 24.3.50

Fixed in version 29.1

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

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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: kevin.d.rodgers <at> gmail.com, 14206 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#14206: 24.3.50; doc string of `execute-kbd-macro'
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 21:23:17 +0200

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

> True.  So perhaps just a usage note?  "This is useful for keyboard
> macros stored as function definitions" or something?  Because as it is
> now, the natural interpretation is that it's generally useful for
> functions.  And it isn't.

The whole point of the function is to execute a kbd macro, which can
also be stored in the function slot of a symbol.  That's all what the
doc string says.

Andreas.

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