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[PATCH] Correct make-frame docstring vis-a-vis make_frame.c

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 75828 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, shipmints <at> gmail.com
Subject: bug#75828: [PATCH] Correct make-frame docstring vis-a-vis make_frame.c
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2025 21:22:16 +0200

> From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2025 12:30:45 -0600
> Cc: 75828 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > I'm not sure we should reveal those details here.  Hidden buffers are
> > handled specially in many places in Emacs, and I don't think we spell
> > that out in every doc string.
> >
> > Stefan, WDYT?
> 
> On first approximation, I'd tend to agree with you, but I think Martin
> made a good point later in this discussion, when he said the following.
> 
> martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at> writes:
> 
> > I think a new automatically buffer-local variable, say
> > 'display-via-make-frame', would not harm anyone.
> 
> So I think we could install Martin's proposed patch, with NEWS and doc
> changes of course.

Fine by me, thanks.

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