GNU bug report logs - #51236
27.2/28 small typos/faq correction?

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Ian Nehera <delta29 <at> shaw.ca>

Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2021 07:29:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: moreinfo

Found in version 27.2

Fixed in version 28.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Ian Nehera <delta29 <at> shaw.ca>
To: 51236 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#51236: 27.2/28 small typos/faq correction?
Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2021 22:03:08 -0700
Hi, I found a couple small typos in 27.2 that are still present in the source for 28.1.

doc/lispref/searching.texi line 2174: missing ’s’ on "describe"
	- Because the match data normally describe[s] …

url-retrieve-synchronously doc-string
lisp/url/url.el line 229:
	- Original: ...or nil if there are no data associated with it (the …
		- Change V1: there [is] no data ...
		- Change V2: or nil if [the buffer contains] no data […] (the …

The other thing I found is that the Emacs FAQ.

doc/misc/efaq.texi line 1905:
Yanking text in isearch recommends ‘M-y’ for yanking text out of the kill
ring. This works, but the cross referenced manual page only mentions
the usual ‘C-y’ method with ‘M-y’ yanking previous kills. Is the manual 
out of date or should the FAQ be updated?

Thanks,
Ian



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