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>

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From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Cc: 51138 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, larsi <at> gnus.org
Subject: bug#51138: Increase the value of kill-ring-max
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2021 19:10:19 +0300

>>> 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.
>
> Thanks, I went with Eli's suggestion as I think the wording was slightly
> more direct and easy to understand.

I tried to reread the docstring again, but it seems it's still not 100% clear
that it applies to the string titles of menu items, not to the list of items.
Maybe this would be better:

  "Text of items in `yank-menu' longer than this will be truncated."
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