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24.5; A typo on 16.2 Transposing Text help page

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From: Maxim Kashchenko <mkaschenko <at> me.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 24.5; A typo on 16.2 Transposing Text help page
Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2015 19:01:27 +0700

Hello Emacs team,

Let me quote a paragraph from the manual page first.

   A numeric argument to a transpose command serves as a repeat count:
it tells the transpose command to move the character (word, expression,
line) before or containing point across several other characters (words,
expressions, lines).  For example, ‘C-u 3 C-t’ moves the character
before point forward across three other characters.  It would change
‘f★oobar’ into ‘oobf★ar’.  This is equivalent to repeating ‘C-t’ three
times.  ‘C-u - 4 M-t’ moves the word before point backward across four
words.  ‘C-u - C-M-t’ would cancel the effect of plain ‘C-M-t’.

I think ‘f★oobar’ becomes ‘foob★ar’ instead of ‘oobf★ar’.

Have a nice day.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Maxim Kashchenko <mkaschenko <at> me.com>
Cc: 21525 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#21525: 24.5; A typo on 16.2 Transposing Text help page
Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2015 20:08:47 +0300

> From: Maxim Kashchenko <mkaschenko <at> me.com>
> Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2015 19:01:27 +0700
> 
> Hello Emacs team,
> 
> Let me quote a paragraph from the manual page first.
> 
>    A numeric argument to a transpose command serves as a repeat count:
> it tells the transpose command to move the character (word, expression,
> line) before or containing point across several other characters (words,
> expressions, lines).  For example, ‘C-u 3 C-t’ moves the character
> before point forward across three other characters.  It would change
> ‘f★oobar’ into ‘oobf★ar’.  This is equivalent to repeating ‘C-t’ three
> times.  ‘C-u - 4 M-t’ moves the word before point backward across four
> words.  ‘C-u - C-M-t’ would cancel the effect of plain ‘C-M-t’.
> 
> I think ‘f★oobar’ becomes ‘foob★ar’ instead of ‘oobf★ar’.

No, the manual is correct.  I just tried it in the current git master.

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