GNU bug report logs - #4654
23.1; Elisp manual doc of abbreviate-file-name

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Package: emacs;

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

Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 18:00:05 UTC

Severity: normal

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #62 received at 4654-done <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: "'Eli Zaretskii'" <eliz <at> gnu.org>, <4654-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#4654: 23.1; Elisp manual doc of abbreviate-file-name
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:09:14 -0400

> Consider also making clearer the direction of substitution (e.g a one-line
> example). As Stefan's own misstatement shows, it's easy for readers to
> understand the substitution backwards.

Given the name of the function, the direction of the substitution
is unequivocal.


        Stefan
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