GNU bug report logs - #27974
25.2; string-rectangle on-the-fly preview bad

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Bob Proulx <bob <at> proulx.com>

Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2017 19:57:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: patch

Found in version 25.2

Fixed in version 26.1

Done: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net>

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net>
Cc: 27974 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, bob <at> proulx.com
Subject: bug#27974: Acknowledgement (25.2; string-rectangle on-the-fly preview bad)
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2017 05:37:15 +0300

> From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2017 22:05:02 -0400
> Cc: 27974 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> Bob Proulx <bob <at> proulx.com> writes:
> 
> > Let me suggest the following addition to the NEWS file.
> >
> >  *** 'string-rectangle' provides on-the-fly preview of the result.
> > +This is controlled by the rectangle-preview variable.  Defaults to t.
> > +Set (setq rectangle-preview nil) if you want the previous behavior.
> 
> I think it should also be documented in the docstring of
> string-rectangle:

I agree.

> +When called interactively and option `rectangle-preview' is
> +non-nil, the result is previewed as the string is entered in the
> +minibuffer.

Can you reword this to make less use of passive tense?

Thanks.
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