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bug#42748: 26.3; Should `move-(beginning|end)-of-line' be in the Elisp m
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Richard Stallman |
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bug#42748: 26.3; Should `move-(beginning|end)-of-line' be in the Elisp manual? |
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Sat, 08 Aug 2020 21:59:43 -0400 |
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> > (elisp) `Text Lines' documents `(beginning|end)-of-line'. It doesn't
> > document `move-(beginning|end)-of-line'. The Emacs manual documents
> > the latter and not the former. Is this the best approach, or did the
> > Elisp manual perhaps just not get updated when `C-a' and `C-e' were
> > changed to use the `move-*' commands?
The difference between the keyboard commands and the basic functions
is intentional. THe basic functions are useful in Lisp programs; the
move- commands are on C-a and C-e but are not worth documenting for
Lisp programs to call.
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Dr Richard Stallman
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