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29.3; hexl-mode incorrect docstring

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
Cc: 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 16:07:04 +0300

> From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
> Cc: Thierry Volpiatto <thievol <at> posteo.net>,  monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca,
>   70163 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 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.

Thanks, but I thought the complaint was about what the 'documentation'
function returns.  That doesn't change much depending on where the
\\<..> thing is.  Help commands that only show the first line will, of
course, depend on where we have the \\<..> thing.

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