GNU bug report logs - #18106
term, ansi-term: clarify documentation

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Carlos Pita <carlosjosepita <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2014 15:30:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: fixed

Fixed in version 26.1

Done: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net>

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From: Carlos Pita <carlosjosepita <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: term, ansi-term: clarify documentation
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2014 12:28:28 -0300

AFAICS nowadays there is no real difference between `term` and
`ansi-term` regarding the ANSI part. Could you clarify this fact in
the doc strings? The names are very misleading regarding the (just
cosmetic) differences between these interactive functions.
Information forwarded to bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org:
bug#18106; Package emacs. (Wed, 31 Jan 2018 03:42:01 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

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From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net>
To: Carlos Pita <carlosjosepita <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 18106 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#18106: term, ansi-term: clarify documentation
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2018 22:41:18 -0500

tags 18106 fixed
close 18106 26.1
quit

Carlos Pita <carlosjosepita <at> gmail.com> writes:

> AFAICS nowadays there is no real difference between `term` and
> `ansi-term` regarding the ANSI part. Could you clarify this fact in
> the doc strings? The names are very misleading regarding the (just
> cosmetic) differences between these interactive functions.

Done in emacs-26.

[1: 732d1b9383]: 2018-01-30 22:14:03 -0500
  Clarify that `ansi-term' is almost the same as `term' (Bug#18106)
  https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?id=732d1b9383a9381896df12a2762991c3ed68b025
Added tag(s) fixed. Request was from Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Wed, 31 Jan 2018 03:42:03 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug marked as fixed in version 26.1, send any further explanations to 18106 <at> debbugs.gnu.org and Carlos Pita <carlosjosepita <at> gmail.com> Request was from Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Wed, 31 Jan 2018 03:42:03 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Wed, 28 Feb 2018 12:24:04 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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