GNU bug report logs - #7240
24.0.50; backward-sentence sometimes overshoots (and breaks doctor)

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Reported by: Wolfgang Jenkner <wjenkner <at> inode.at>

Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2010 18:05:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 9133

Found in version 24.0.50

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Wolfgang Jenkner <wjenkner <at> inode.at>
To: rms <at> gnu.org
Cc: acm <at> muc.de, 7240 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#7240: 24.0.50; [PATCH] backward-sentence sometimes overshoots (and breaks doctor)
Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2011 16:03:00 +0200

Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org> writes:

> Your patch would work correctly.  The reason I wanted to do it
> differently was to avoid finding the start of the paragraph twice.

Thank you very much for the explanation (and sorry if I was a bit too
blunt)!

I note that both you and Alan seem to think that backward-paragraph is
not always quite the right thing to use when moving backwards to
ahem... a paragraph beginning :-)

Wolfgang
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