GNU bug report logs - #52741
27.2; Doc string of `visual-line-mode'

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2021 22:44:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 27.2

Fixed in version 28.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 52741 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#52741: 27.2; Doc string of `visual-line-mode'
Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2021 23:13:18 -0500

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  > What on earth is ARG, for interactive use?  The description of
  > interactive use should talk about things like a prefix arg, not about
  > unexplained things like ARG.  How will a user know how to pass argument
  > ARG interactively?

It's standard -- every user should know how to give a command a numeric arg.

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