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bug#13810: 24.3.50; Docstring of `newline' is confusing
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Eli Zaretskii |
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bug#13810: 24.3.50; Docstring of `newline' is confusing |
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Sat, 25 Jan 2020 20:29:53 +0200 |
> From: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
> Cc: xfq.free@gmail.com, stephen.berman@gmx.net, 13810@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2020 19:05:37 +0100
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> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
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> > Linefeed is not RET, nor "newline". It's C-j.
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> Where is this documented?
It's that character's official name, and supposed to be "common
knowledge". Go to the end of any line in an Emacs buffer, and type
"C-u C-x =" -- Emacs will show the name of the character in the *Help*
buffer it pops up.