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25.0.50; doc string of `other-buffer': FRAME

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Subject: bug#20533: closed (Re: bug#20533: 25.0.50; doc string of
 `other-buffer': FRAME)
Date: Wed, 20 May 2015 09:50:04 +0000

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Your bug report

#20533: 25.0.50; doc string of `other-buffer': FRAME

which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed.

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
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From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>, 20533-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#20533: 25.0.50; doc string of `other-buffer': FRAME
Date: Wed, 20 May 2015 11:49:39 +0200

> The description in (elisp)Buffer List is OK.  But the doc string is not.
> The doc string says:
>   If the optional third argument FRAME is non-nil, use that frame's...
> It is meaningless to say "that frame" - what frame?
>
> It should say something like what the manual says.  E.g., "... use
> FRAME's...".  Or (better) "If non-nil, FRAME is the frame used...".
> IOW, non-nil is not enough; FRAME must be a frame if not nil.

Should be fixed with commit 31d58d4..0c5fa36 on master/trunk.
Bug closed.

Thanks for the report, martin

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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 25.0.50; doc string of `other-buffer': FRAME
Date: Fri, 8 May 2015 10:33:13 -0700 (PDT)

The description in (elisp)Buffer List is OK.  But the doc string is not.
The doc string says:
 If the optional third argument FRAME is non-nil, use that frame's...
It is meaningless to say "that frame" - what frame?

It should say something like what the manual says.  E.g., "... use
FRAME's...".  Or (better) "If non-nil, FRAME is the frame used...".
IOW, non-nil is not enough; FRAME must be a frame if not nil.


In GNU Emacs 25.0.50.1 (i686-pc-mingw32)
 of 2014-10-20 on LEG570
Bzr revision: 118168 rgm <at> gnu.org-20141020195941-icp42t8ttcnud09g
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 6.1.7601
Configured using:
 `configure --enable-checking=yes,glyphs CPPFLAGS=-DGLYPH_DEBUG=1'

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