GNU bug report logs - #70163
29.3; hexl-mode incorrect docstring

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Thierry Volpiatto <thievol <at> posteo.net>

Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2024 15:02:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 29.3

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #32 received at 70163 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Thierry Volpiatto <thievol <at> posteo.net>, 70163 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 schwab <at> linux-m68k.org
Subject: Re: bug#70163: 29.3; hexl-mode incorrect docstring
Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2024 08:54:24 -0400

> Stefan, why do we inject this ugly blurb into the text we return when
> the library is not loaded? why not simply return the same as RAW does
> in those cases?

Good question.  AFAIK this predates me, so we'd have to ask Richard.
Maybe \<hexl-mode-map> should simply never expand to anything else than the
empty string.


        Stefan
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