GNU bug report logs - #59611
msdos.texi uses some obsolete function names

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2022 14:40:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #16 received at 59611 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
To: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>, 59611 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#59611: msdos.texi uses some obsolete function names
Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2022 07:59:07 -0800

Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com> writes:

> msdos.texi refers to the w32-(add|remove)-untranslated-filesystem functions
> by their obsolete, non w32- name.
>
> OK to install this patch, or were the old names kept in the manual for some
> reason?

BTW, it's generally uncontroversial to replace obsolete names in our
documentation with their new ones.

I've fixed quite a few such documentation bugs, and in all cases I've
seen so far, it was a just an oversight/mistake that the old names were
kept.
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