GNU bug report logs - #64185
proposal for new function: copy-line

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Message #104 received at 64185 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>, Mattias Engdegård
 <mattias.engdegard <at> gmail.com>
Cc: "64185 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <64185 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>,
 Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, "me <at> eshelyaron.com" <me <at> eshelyaron.com>,
 "zkanfer <at> gmail.com" <zkanfer <at> gmail.com>
Subject: RE: [External] : bug#64185: proposal for new function: copy-line
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2023 17:56:57 +0000

> Then I think `duplicate-dwim` is a misnomer, and it was misdesigned.

FWIW/OT:

This is pretty much the case for all commands named `*-dwim'.

In practice, DWIM doesn't mean "do what I mean".  It means something more like "do what its author wants" or even "do something its author couldn't describe well, let alone name well".

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