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24.5; Say more clearly that `set-goal-column' acts for current buffer only

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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 24.5; Say more clearly that `set-goal-column' acts for current buffer
 only
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 20:40:17 -0700 (PDT)

Both the doc string of `set-goal-column' (`C-x C-n') and its doc in the
Emacs manual should state more clearly that the effect is only for the
current buffer.  For a user to find this out (besides experimenting),
s?he would need to click the link for the variable `goal-column'
referred to in the doc for the command.  The information is there, but
it could be more clear and direct.


In GNU Emacs 24.5.1 (i686-pc-mingw32)
 of 2015-04-11 on LEG570
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 6.1.7601
Configured using:
 `configure --prefix=/c/usr --host=i686-pc-mingw32'

Message #10 received at 23405-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 23405-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#23405: 24.5;
 Say more clearly that `set-goal-column' acts for current buffer only
Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2016 14:19:35 +0300

> Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 20:40:17 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
> 
> Both the doc string of `set-goal-column' (`C-x C-n') and its doc in the
> Emacs manual should state more clearly that the effect is only for the
> current buffer.

Done, thanks.

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