GNU bug report logs - #51138
Increase the value of kill-ring-max

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2021 20:20:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: patch

Fixed in version 29.1

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 51138 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, larsi <at> gnus.org, stefan <at> marxist.se
Subject: bug#51138: Increase the value of kill-ring-max
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2021 21:38:15 +0300

>> >  (defcustom yank-menu-length 20
>> > -  "Maximum length to display in the `yank-menu'."
>> > +  "Maximum length of entries in the `yank-menu'."
>>
>> The previous docstring was unclear, but the new docstring
>> doesn't make it clearer.  I don't have a concrete suggestion,
>> but it needs to say that this length truncates the text
>> of each menu item.
>
> How about "Items in `yank-menu' longer than this will be truncated."?

"Maximum length to which entries in the 'yank-menu' will be truncated."
suggested by Stefan and your suggestion will make the docstring much clearer.
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