GNU bug report logs - #44451
27.1; doc string of `read-char-from-minibuffer'

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

Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2020 18:43:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 27.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 44451 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 44451 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#44451: 27.1; doc string of `read-char-from-minibuffer'
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 2020 01:33:39 -0500

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  >  "Read a character from the minibuffer, prompting for PROMPT."

  > You are not prompted for PROMPT.  You are prompted (for a char)
  > with PROMPT.

That is true, but there are kinder ways to make that point.  For
instance, `

    Actuallly, it prompts with PROMPT, not for RROMPT.

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