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Inverted logic in docstring for kill-line?

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From: Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org>
To: bug-emacs <bug-emacs <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Inverted logic in docstring for kill-line?
Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2014 13:14:00 +0000

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"If `show-trailing-whitespace' is non-nil, this command will just
kill the rest of the current line, even if there are only
nonblanks there."

Surely that should be "even if there are only blanks"? (I'll happily fix
this if I'm right, I'm just double-checking as I'm a bit surprised to find
an error in such a frequently-read place!)

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From: npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net
To: Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org>
Cc: 16654 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#16654: Inverted logic in docstring for kill-line?
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2016 22:47:51 -0400

tags 16654 fixed
close 16654 25.2
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Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org> writes:

> "If `show-trailing-whitespace' is non-nil, this command will just
> kill the rest of the current line, even if there are only
> nonblanks there."
>
> Surely that should be "even if there are only blanks"? (I'll happily fix
> this if I'm right, I'm just double-checking as I'm a bit surprised to find
> an error in such a frequently-read place!)

I think you might be overestimating how often docs are read.

Fixed in 5c2da93 "Fix kill-line's docstring" (I used "no nonblanks" to
match the phrasing at the beginning of the docstring).

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From: Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org>
To: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net>
Cc: 16654 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#16654: Inverted logic in docstring for kill-line?
Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2016 21:40:22 +0100

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On 22 October 2016 at 03:47, <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net> wrote:

>
> I think you might be overestimating how often docs are read
> ​.
>

​That might be true! but from plenty of experience, I also know that when I
think I've found a *really *obvious mistake, I'm often wrong.

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