GNU bug report logs - #38736
26.3; ellipsis in `*Messages*', doc of `format' etc.

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2019 21:04:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 26.3

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 38736 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#38736: 26.3; ellipsis in `*Messages*', doc of `format' etc.
Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2019 05:28:25 +0200

> Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2019 12:54:54 -0800 (PST)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
> Cc: 38736-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> > Like I said: eval's doc string documents this
> > feature,
> 
> I see nothing in the doc string of `eval' that
> tells you `%S' in the `message' format string is
> controlled by `print-length'.  Or even anything
> close to it.

Sorry, I meant eval-expression, what is run by M-:.
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