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[PATCH] Fix incorrect docstring link in default-directory

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Message #10 received at 68088-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Matt <matt <at> excalamus.com>
Cc: 68088-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#68088: [PATCH] Fix incorrect docstring link in
 default-directory
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2023 21:48:33 +0200

> Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2023 17:58:53 +0100
> From: Matt <matt <at> excalamus.com>
> 
> Slashes in the docstring for `default-directory' incorrectly link to
> `/', the divide function.
> 
> "...these names start with `/' or `~' and end with `/'."
> 
> Obviously, slashes in this context refer to the character, not the
> operator.
> 
> Checking the sources, the error is still present on master.
> 
> See:
> https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/tree/src/buffer.c#n5343
> 
> The attached patch changes the leading grave on each slash and the
> tilde to a single quote mark.

Thanks, I fixed that by using double-quotes instead of single quotes.

Closing.

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