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[PATCH] Specify 'tab-bar-history-mode' in 'winner-mode' docstring

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From: Visuwesh <visuweshm <at> gmail.com>
To: Ship Mints <shipmints <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, stephen.berman <at> gmx.net, 76439 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, rpluim <at> gmail.com, juri <at> linkov.net
Subject: bug#76439: [PATCH] Specify 'tab-bar-history-mode' in 'winner-mode' docstring
Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2025 11:41:41 +0530

[வெள்ளி பிப்ரவரி 21, 2025] Ship Mints wrote:

> Not sure what it means to "turn" a window configuration.  Perhaps something
> like below is simpler and gets the salient point across and adds the key
> binding information winner-mode users might find to be helpful
> encouragement.
>
> If you use `tab-bar-mode', consider using `tab-bar-history-mode', as
> `winner-mode' is unaware of tab switching, and can confuse `tab-bar'
> window configurations.  `tab-bar-history-mode' provides
> tab-specific window configuration history, avoiding this problem, and
> its default key bindings match those of `winner-mode'.

I find "can confuse `tab-bar' window configurations" lacking in detail.
If the problem is the verb "turn", what do you think about using
"change" or "replace" instead?

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