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27.1; Error in Indirect buffers commands in the manual

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Alexandros Prekates <aprekates <at> posteo.net>
Cc: 57753 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#57753: 27.1; Error in Indirect buffers commands  in the manual
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2022 14:12:34 +0200

Alexandros Prekates <aprekates <at> posteo.net> writes:

> The manual as it is now
> https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Indirect-Buffers.html
> it creates wrong  expectations
> regarding M-x clone-indirect-buffer RET
> and 'C-x 4 c'
> Not that we have two commands doing the same due to default values to
> DISPLAY-FLAG but that one will create a cloned buffer in the same window
> and the other in another window.

I've now fixed the manual in Emacs 29 here -- there's no point in
mentioning both commands.  The only difference is if you have
`pop-up-windows' set to nil (the default is t) -- so by default, the
commands are identical.

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