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bug#13810: 24.3.50; Docstring of `newline' is confusing


From: Eli Zaretskii
Subject: bug#13810: 24.3.50; Docstring of `newline' is confusing
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2013 17:50:14 +0200

> Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2013 21:27:42 +0800
> From: Xue Fuqiao <xfq.free@gmail.com>
> Cc: 13810@debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> > > What does the "left margin" mean?  I'm a little confused here.  Does it 
> > > mean
> > > the "margin" in the variable `left-margin-width'?
> > No, it's referring to (the result of setting) the variable left-margin,
> > which is different from left-margin-width.
> 
> Ah, I see.  But in (info "(emacs) Glossary"), the term "margin" only contains
> the meaning from `left-margin-width'.  Is it another bug?

The glossary is not the place where to look for all the possible
meanings of "margin".  Type "i margin RET" and see there; if it tells
you there are more than one hit, type comma ',' to walk through all of
them.





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