GNU bug report logs - #6576
documentation `string-to-char' is incorrect

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: MON KEY <monkey <at> sandpframing.com>

Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2010 21:35:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, monkey <at> sandpframing.com, schwab <at> linux-m68k.org, 6576 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#6576: documentation `string-to-char' is incorrect
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 15:02:53 +0200

Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com> writes:

> How bout linking to the `String and Character Basics' node in the Elisp
> manual instead?

I can do that if you want, but wouldn't it be better just to leave it as

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Return the first character in STRING.
A multibyte character is handled correctly.
--

If somebody then wonders (and they shouldn't) "hm, what's a character,
then?", they probably already know that a manual exists.

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