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27.0.91; Tutorial reports false positive key rebindings

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From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
Cc: contovob <at> tcd.ie, mattiase <at> acm.org, 40725 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, juri <at> linkov.net
Subject: bug#40725: 27.0.91; Tutorial reports false positive key rebindings
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 23:25:45 -0400

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  > > Which historical references, and in what sense would it "break" them?

  > Any place that mentions the file name in any point of history.

It is hard to understand what those words mean.  I am compelled to
resort to guessing.  But I think the statement is not correct.

I think the term "break" fits only if the name needs to be understood
by a program,  In that case, a program looking at the old file name
would not find the file (unless we fix that program).

However, a human can learn about the rename, and then understand what to
do on seeing the old name.  For this, "broken" is too strong a word to use.

The change history should record the rename.  Then a human who sees a reference
to the old name can search for it and find out that the file was renamed.


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