GNU bug report logs - #60125
28.2; Doc string of `format': remove uses of "print"

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Package: emacs;

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

Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2022 17:48:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 28.2

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#60125: closed (Re: bug#60125: 28.2; Doc string of `format':
 remove uses of "print")
Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2022 18:48:02 +0000
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Your bug report

#60125: 28.2; Doc string of `format': remove uses of "print"

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

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
If you require more details, please reply to 60125 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 60125-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#60125: 28.2; Doc string of `format': remove uses of "print"
Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2022 20:46:54 +0200
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
> Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2022 17:46:52 +0000
> 
> Please consider fixing the wording, to not speak of "printing" anything.
> There's no printing involved - the doc is misleading.  (The entry in the
> Elisp manual doesn't have this problem.)

Thanks, I replaced "print" with "produce".

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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: 28.2; Doc string of `format': remove uses of "print"
Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2022 17:46:52 +0000
Please consider fixing the wording, to not speak of "printing" anything.
There's no printing involved - the doc is misleading.  (The entry in the
Elisp manual doesn't have this problem.)

In GNU Emacs 28.2 (build 2, x86_64-w64-mingw32)
 of 2022-09-13 built on AVALON
Windowing system distributor 'Microsoft Corp.', version 10.0.19044
System Description: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro (v10.0.2009.19044.2251)

Configured using:
 'configure --with-modules --without-dbus --with-native-compilation
 --without-compress-install CFLAGS=-O2'

Configured features:
ACL GIF GMP GNUTLS HARFBUZZ JPEG JSON LCMS2 LIBXML2 MODULES NATIVE_COMP
NOTIFY W32NOTIFY PDUMPER PNG RSVG SOUND THREADS TIFF TOOLKIT_SCROLL_BARS
XPM ZLIB

(NATIVE_COMP present but libgccjit not available)



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