GNU bug report logs - #53265
26.3; Doc of `with-output-to-temp-buffer' etc.: Say there's no undo.

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Package: emacs;

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

Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2022 18:03:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 26.3

Fixed in version 29.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: "53265 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <53265 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: bug#53265: [External] : Re: bug#53265: 26.3; Doc of `with-output-to-temp-buffer' etc.: Say there's no undo.
Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2022 21:19:20 +0000

> > Please document (in doc strings and (if mentioned there) in Elisp
> > manual) that `with-output-to-temp-buffer' and the like have no undo.
> 
> I've now done this in Emacs 29.

Thanks.

> (These macros all have unfortunate names -- they sound much more general
> than they are, like variations on `with-temp-buffer', but have much more
> specific use cases.)

Agreed.  Hysterical raisins.

See this:

https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=16038#113,

which in turn points to bugs 8368, 17109,
17397, 17146 (and 16038)
This bug report was last modified 3 years and 185 days ago.

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