GNU bug report logs - #38392
zap-up-to-char should appear in "Deletion and Killing" Emacs info section and "Command Index"

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Justin Paston-Cooper <paston.cooper <at> gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2019 19:37:02 UTC

Severity: normal

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #47 received at 38392 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Phil Sainty <psainty <at> orcon.net.nz>
To: 38392 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#38392: zap-up-to-char should appear in "Deletion and
 Killing" Emacs info section and "Command Index"
Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2019 13:45:20 +1300

Eli wrote:
> I'm not sure we should have it in the manual.  The fact that you
> wanted it doesn't yet mean it's useful enough to have in the manual.
> 
> Does anyone else have an opinion?

Mentioning only one of the two commands just seems arbitrary,
so I think it should be either "both" or "neither" for the sake
of consistency.

I think the manual should mention both of them, and that their
docstrings should probably mention one another as well, so that
users can learn about these alternatives more easily.


-Phil
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