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29.3; hexl-mode incorrect docstring

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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Thierry Volpiatto <thievol <at> posteo.net>, 70163 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca
Subject: bug#70163: 29.3; hexl-mode incorrect docstring
Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2024 14:45:14 +0200

On Apr 04 2024, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> Does the patch below gives any better results?  It doesn't look better
> to me: the "Uses keymap..." blurb gets in the way and makes the
> documentation text wrong.

C-h f hexl-mode triggers the autoload and uses the substituted doc
string (thus no blurb).  M-x apropos hexl-mode does not trigger the
autoload and uses the substituted first line of the doc string
(including the blurb if present).  C-h a hexl-mode uses the first line
of the raw doc string.

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