GNU bug report logs - #59934
28.2; Doc strings of `(kill|delete)-matching-lines'

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Package: emacs;

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

Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2022 22:52:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 28.2

Fixed in version 29.1

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>, "59934 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <59934 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: bug#59934: 28.2; Doc strings of `(kill|delete)-matching-lines'
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2022 17:20:26 -0800

close 59934 29.1
thanks

Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

> The docstring of `kill-matching-lines' already says (just at the end):
>
>   If you merely want to delete the lines, without adding them to
>   the kill ring, the M-x flush-lines command is faster.
>
> True. What's missing there is the name correspondence/similarity.
> I think it would be more helpful if it used `M-x delete-matching-lines'.
> Following that link, a user would see that the other name for that is `flush-lines'.
> but the one for `delete-matching-lines'/`flush-lines' does not mention the kill- version.

Thanks, I fixed that on emacs-29 (commit 489bcacc7c).
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