GNU bug report logs - #16654
Inverted logic in docstring for kill-line?

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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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