GNU bug report logs - #25603
24.5; doc of `woman'

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2017 17:36:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: fixed

Found in version 24.5

Fixed in version 25.2

Done: npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 25603 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#25603: 24.5; doc of `woman'
Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2017 14:03:26 -0500

tags 25603 fixed
close 25603 25.2
quit

Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

> The doc string says this:
>
>  The directory expansions and topics are cached for
>  speed, but a non-nil interactive argument forces the caches to be
>  updated (e.g. to re-interpret the current directory).
>
> That ("a non-nil interactive argument") is not the way Emacs talks about
> the prefix argument.  The doc should say that if you use a prefix
> argument then the cached is updated.
>
> Essentially, "non-nil interactive argument" should be "prefix argument".

Fixed [1: ec4226d810].

1: 2017-02-18 13:34:37 -0500 ec4226d81074751c105264a3a3383c48d0a05e41
  * lisp/woman.el (woman): Fix docstring prefix arg description.
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