GNU bug report logs - #4605
Description of `buffer-swap-text' is vague and inadequate.

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de>

Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2009 09:55:07 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 4608, 4617

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From: Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>, bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Description of `buffer-swap-text' is vague and inadequate.
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2009 09:48:54 +0000

Hi, Stefan, Hi, Emacs!

The Elisp manual page "Swapping Text", says that `buffer-swap-text'
"swaps text between the current buffer and its argument BUFFER."

This tells me nothing.  I'd have to read the source (or maybe try it
out) to find out what this function does.

What does "swap" mean here?  How much text is "swapped".  What does
"between" mean?

A naive guess would suggest this command takes a bit of text out of
buffer A and dumps it into buffer B, simultaneously moving a bit of B
into A.

There is also no entry in .../src/ChangeLog (or ChangeLog.10, ...)
marking the introduction of this command.

-- 
Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).
Forcibly Merged 4605 4608. Request was from Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com> to control <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com. (Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:55:08 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
Merged 4605 4608 4617. Request was from Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> to control <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com. (Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:25:14 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug closed, send any further explanations to Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de> Request was from Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:29:01 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:24:03 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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