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26.3; Doc of `with-output-to-temp-buffer' etc.: Say there's no undo.

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Message #13 received at 53265 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

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: RE: [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)

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