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bug#38183: 26.3; Doc about equality of markers
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#38183: 26.3; Doc about equality of markers |
Date: |
Fri, 15 Nov 2019 21:26:35 +0200 |
> Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2019 10:27:27 -0800 (PST)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> Cc: 38183@debbugs.gnu.org
>
> Just know that as one user it took me a while
> to find the information.
>
> I started in the Markers section of the manual,
> and I had difficulty finding that `equal'
> includes buffer comparison (`equal' example
> uses only the same buffer).
"Overview of Markers" starts by saying what components are entailed in
a marker, so what 'equal' compares should be clear from that.
> Then, after finding that info, I had difficulty
> finding how to compare markers only numerically
> (nothing in the Markers section).
That's described under '='.
It is impractical to have every piece of information described
together in the same place as every other possibly related piece of
information, as that will lead to endless repetitions.