GNU bug report logs - #19682
25.0.50; `other-window' doc string should say that by default it selects win in same frame

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Package: emacs;

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

Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2015 03:34:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 25.0.50

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

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 19682 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Subject: bug#19682: 25.0.50; `other-window' doc string should say that by default it selects win	in same frame
Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2016 18:44:09 +0200

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> The default interactive behavior should be described clearly,
>> as the first thing in the doc string.  Users, especially Lisp
>> users, can read further to discover more information about
>> possible argument values and behavior.
>
> We are in violent agreement about this.  It's just that I think the
> current doc string does precisely that.

Me too.  Closing.

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