GNU bug report logs - #22560
forward-word etc should be interactive-only

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2016 21:03:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 25.0.90

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 22560 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, larsi <at> gnus.org
Subject: bug#22560: forward-word etc should be interactive-only
Date: Sat, 06 Feb 2016 00:00:00 +0200

> From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
> Cc: larsi <at> gnus.org,  22560 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Fri, 05 Feb 2016 15:16:56 -0500
> 
> 
> I don't want to get involved, but purely as a data point:
> C-n runs next-line, which does all kinds of fancy stuff and is marked
> for interactive-use only, and forward-line is for use in Lisp programs.
> But 'twas ever thus, AFAIK.

I don't think forward-word should be interactive-use only.
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