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26.3; Doc of `set-mark' in Elisp manual

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Package: emacs;

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

Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2022 16:53:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 26.3

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Subject: bug#55947: closed (Re: bug#55947: 26.3; Doc of `set-mark' in
 Elisp manual)
Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2022 17:09:01 +0000

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Your bug report

#55947: 26.3; Doc of `set-mark' in Elisp manual

which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed.

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 55947-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#55947: 26.3; Doc of `set-mark' in Elisp manual
Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2022 20:08:31 +0300

> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
> Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2022 16:55:50 +0000
> 
> Please specify that POSITION defaults to point.
> The doc string says this; the manual doesn't.
> (Node `The Mark'.)
> [...]
> I'm sorry.  I meant `push-mark', not `set-mark'.
> Would someone please retitle this bug?  Thx.

The ELisp manual already says that POSITION defaults to point, so
there's nothing to fix.

Closing.


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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: "bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
Subject: 26.3; Doc of `set-mark' in Elisp manual
Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2022 16:42:34 +0000

Please specify that POSITION defaults to point.
The doc string says this; the manual doesn't.
(Node `The Mark'.)

In GNU Emacs 26.3 (build 1, x86_64-w64-mingw32)
 of 2019-08-29
Repository revision: 96dd0196c28bc36779584e47fffcca433c9309cd
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 10.0.19044
Configured using:
 `configure --without-dbus --host=x86_64-w64-mingw32
 --without-compress-install 'CFLAGS=-O2 -static -g3''
This bug report was last modified 3 years and 28 days ago.

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