GNU bug report logs - #22625
24.5; Please add index entry for `~ filename suffix' to manual for node `Backup Names'

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Message #22 received at 22625-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 22625-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: RE: bug#22625: 24.5;	Please add index entry for `~ filename suffix'
 to manual for node	`Backup Names'
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2016 08:58:17 -0800 (PST)

> I added index entries, but I really doubt this will help
> discoverability: there are 12 index entries in the manual that
> include "~", and the new one I added is the 5th hit...

Thanks, Eli.  I think it will help, nevertheless.  Without this
it is really not easy to ask Emacs what those ~-suffixed files
are.  A user sees them and can wonder what they are.  This will
help.

But I agree with you that when there are multiple index entries
that match a prefix it is cumbersome to notice and get to one
that you might want.  That's a general problem.

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