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26.3; doc string of `backward-word'

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 37334-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#37334: 26.3; doc string of `backward-word'
Date: Sat, 07 Sep 2019 22:11:02 +0300

tags 37334 notabug
thanks

> Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2019 11:58:08 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
> 
> This paragraph does not belong in the doc string of `backward-word':
> 
>  The word boundaries are normally determined by the buffer's
>  syntax table and character script (according to
>  'char-script-table'), but 'find-word-boundary-function-table',
>  such as set up by 'subword-mode', can change that.  If a Lisp
>  program needs to move by words determined strictly by the syntax
>  table, it should use 'backward-word-strictly' instead.  See Info
>  node '(elisp) Word Motion' for details.

I see no reason to claim this "doesn't belong", as it clearly _is_
relevant to word movement.  See also bug#22560 for some additional
background.

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