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28.1; affixation-function not in elisp manual index

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Howard Melman <hmelman <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 55095 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#55095: 28.1; affixation-function not in elisp manual index
Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2022 22:38:33 +0300

> From: Howard Melman <hmelman <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2022 14:40:21 -0400
> Cc: 55095 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> On Apr 24, 2022, at 2:16 PM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> wrote:
> > 
> >> From: Howard Melman <hmelman <at> gmail.com>
> >> Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2022 14:10:53 -0400
> >> 
> >> I saw in the emacs 28 NEWS:
> >> 
> >> ** New completion function 'affixation-function' to add prefix/suffix.
> >> ** New completion function 'group-function' for grouping candidates.
> >> 
> >> but neither of these in the elisp manual index.
> > 
> > Not everything in NEWS is manual-worthy.  We decide on a case by case
> > basis, and it's always a judgment call.
> > 
> > If you think the decision was incorrect, please tell why you think
> > so.  Just saying that they are in NEWS is not enough.
> 
> They were evidently deemed manual worthy since they are mentioned
> the Programmed Completion section and the Completion Variables section
> of the elisp manual,  they just aren't in the index so it was hard to find.

Thanks, fixed.

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