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26.2.90; view-mode: Update docstring

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Tino Calancha <tino.calancha <at> gmail.com>
Subject: bug#36741: closed (Re: bug#36741: 26.2.90; view-mode: Update
 docstring)
Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2019 15:43:02 +0000

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Your bug report

#36741: 26.2.90; view-mode: Update docstring

which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed.

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
If you require more details, please reply to 36741 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.

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From: Tino Calancha <tino.calancha <at> gmail.com>
To: 36741-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#36741: 26.2.90; view-mode: Update docstring
Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2019 17:42:26 +0200 (CEST)

On Thu, 25 Jul 2019, Noam Postavsky wrote:

> Tino Calancha <tino.calancha <at> gmail.com> writes:
>> `kill-rectangle' won't save the text in the kill ring by default.
>
> I think your patch is good, you should push to emacs-26 (perhaps also 
> mention the above point in the  commit message though).

Pushed into emacs-26 branch with commit 'Update view-mode docstring'
(d4c49875eaae3078ea3b51cc7b72ae3403cb2c04)

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From: Tino Calancha <tino.calancha <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 26.2.90; view-mode: Update docstring
Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2019 15:45:13 +0200

The mention to kill buffers in this context is likely an original
implementation detail; nowadays, Emacs saves the killed text in variables.

Either way for the purpose to document this mode, the way how the text
is stored is not relevant.

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From 54267d85f3418e0cb4cb1009fcd4e680bfda6825 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tino Calancha <tino.calancha <at> gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2019 15:23:38 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] * lisp/view.el (view-mode): Update docstring.

---
 lisp/view.el | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lisp/view.el b/lisp/view.el
index 3d423f1748..5e6f3e2caa 100644
--- a/lisp/view.el
+++ b/lisp/view.el
@@ -386,8 +386,8 @@ view-mode
 if ARG is omitted or nil.
 
 When View mode is enabled, commands that do not change the buffer
-contents are available as usual.  Kill commands insert text in
-kill buffers but do not delete.  Most other commands beep and
+contents are available as usual.  Kill commands save text but
+do not delete it from the buffer.  Most other commands beep and
 tell the user that the buffer is read-only.
 
 \\<view-mode-map>
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2.20.1

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In GNU Emacs 26.2.90 (build 4, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.5)
Repository revision: 021f32cca1b9082e7219b06aee28c00c4323a72a
Windowing system distributor 'The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.12004000
System Description:	Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)

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