GNU bug report logs - #32990
26.1.50; isearch-forward + t-m-m/mark-active doc

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: charles <at> aurox.ch

Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2018 18:12:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 26.1.50

Fixed in version 26.2

Done: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #11 received at 32990 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: charles <at> aurox.ch (Charles A. Roelli)
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 32990 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#32990: 26.1.50; isearch-forward + t-m-m/mark-active doc
Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2018 20:14:34 +0200

> Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2018 23:07:59 +0300
> From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
> CC: 32990 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> Are you sure this is important to say there?  The doc string of that
> function is already way beyond annoyingly long.

It is important, but see below.

> I'd actually encourage the opposite trend: make the doc string
> shorter, and tell users to read the manual for more details.

Ok, that would be better than duplicating all the details in both the
function documentation and the manual.  I will prepare a patch.
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