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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Message #20 received at 51236 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ian Nehera <delta29 <at> shaw.ca>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 51236 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#51236: 27.2/28 small typos/faq correction?
Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2021 14:44:10 -0700

Understandable,

What about the FAQ section? Should it be changed to ‘C-y’ to fit with the
manual?

Thanks,
Ian

> On Oct 18, 2021, at 12:35 AM, Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> wrote:
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
>> I see no reason to have those details in the manual.  Many Emacs
>> commands have some DWIM-ish aspects, and we don't always document all
>> of them in such detail.
>> 
>> Does anyone else think it's important to have those details in the
>> manual?
> 
> I think documenting this would go beyond what's useful for somebody
> reading the manul.
> 
> -- 
> (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
>   bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no
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