GNU bug report logs - #33179
26; Doc string of `filter-buffer-substring'

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Package: emacs;

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

Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2018 17:25:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: fixed

Fixed in version 26.2

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

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 33179 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#33179: 26; Doc string of `filter-buffer-substring'
Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2018 22:25:23 +0300

> Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2018 12:10:15 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
> Cc: 33179 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> > > IIUC, the meaning of "extract" in this sentence is to exclude the
> > > chars from the result.
> > 
> > No, I don't think it means that.  It means "take".
> 
> Then I don't understand the "and should not be copied
> into other buffers" part.

It's a "for example", so not very important, IMO.
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