GNU bug report logs - #35163
25.1; `narrow-to-region' docstring no mention of args

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Reported by: Emanuel Berg <moasenwood <at> zoho.eu>

Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2019 18:54:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 25.1

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #46 received at 35163 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Emanuel Berg <moasenwood <at> zoho.eu>
To: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 35163 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#35163: 25.1; `narrow-to-region' docstring no mention of args
Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2019 02:48:39 +0200

Noam Postavsky wrote:

>> Or at least a clear description of
>> the problem.
>
> To be fair, message [11] is fairly clear and
> pretty close to what Glenn wrote (perhaps it
> misses the emphasis on satisfying checkdoc).

I agree that message 11 is fairly clear,
however checkdoc is mentioned there as well:
"(checkdoc-current-buffer t) would tell you
this ..."

> Things unfortunately derailed after that.
> An 80+ line elisp riddle on a report about
> a docstring bug is surely a sign something
> has gone horribly wrong...

Ha ha :D

> [11]: https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=35163#11

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