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[PATCH] Fix typo in doc string of file-exists-p

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To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#36408: closed ([PATCH] Fix typo in doc string of file-exists-p)
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2019 07:40:01 +0000

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From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: [PATCH] Fix typo in doc string of file-exists-p
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2019 02:12:32 +0200

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Please see the attached small fix, making sure the first line is a
complete sentence.

-       doc: /* Return t if file FILENAME exists (whether or not you
can read it.)
+       doc: /* Return t if file FILENAME exists (whether or not you
can read it).

Thanks,
Stefan Kangas

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: rms <at> gnu.org
Cc: stefan <at> marxist.se, 36408-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#36408: [PATCH] Fix typo in doc string of file-exists-p
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2019 10:38:42 +0300

> From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
> Cc: stefan <at> marxist.se, 36408 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2019 23:19:03 -0400
> 
>   > > -       doc: /* Return t if file FILENAME exists (whether or not you
>   > > can read it.)
>   > > +       doc: /* Return t if file FILENAME exists (whether or not you
>   > > can read it).
> 
> In this case, the latter is correct.  You put a period inside the
> parentheses only when its contents consist of complete sentences.

Thanks, I pushed Stefan's patch to the emacs-26 branch.

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