GNU bug report logs - #50811
28.0.50; Misleading Docstring for read-string function

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Codruț Constantin Gușoi <mail <at> codrut.pro>

Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2021 08:29:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: moreinfo, notabug

Found in version 28.0.50

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Codruț Constantin Gușoi <mail <at> codrut.pro>
Cc: 50811 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#50811: 28.0.50; Misleading Docstring for read-string function
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2021 07:02:19 +0200

Codruț Constantin Gușoi <mail <at> codrut.pro> writes:

> Bash has `C-u` for this, but that obviously can't be used in emacs. May I
> suggest a variable that controls the behaviour instead of changing it
> completely in the future? Just don't take my INITIAL-VALUE away :)

It's not going anywhere, it's just discouraged.  :-)  People writing
third-party code are free to follow the UI guidance or not, of course.
It's free software after all.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
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