GNU bug report logs - #17707
24.4.50; doc string of `align-newline-and-indent'

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

Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2014 21:23:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: fixed

Found in version 24.4.50

Fixed in version 26.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #15 received at 17707 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 17707 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: RE: bug#17707: 24.4.50; doc string of `align-newline-and-indent'
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 15:24:45 -0700 (PDT)

> >   A replacement function for `newline-and-indent', aligning as it goes.
> >
> > Aligning how?  Aligning what?  With respect to what?
> >
> > Please spend some time to come up with a description of _what this
> > function does_.  In addition to indenting, it does some aligning - fine.
> > Aligning what to what?  How? (I.e., what does "aligning" mean in this
> > context?)
> 
> I've now made the doc string mention that it uses `align' to do
> alignment.

OK, but what alignment?  What does it align with what?
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