bug#42748: closed (26.3; Should `move-(beginning|end)-of-line' be in the Elisp manual?)

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regarding 26.3; Should `move-(beginning|end)-of-line' be in the Elisp manual?
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> 26.3; Should `move-(beginning|end)-of-line' be in the Elisp manual?
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> Fri, 7 Aug 2020 09:40:23 -0700 (PDT)
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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?
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> In GNU Emacs 26.3 (build 1, x86_64-w64-mingw32)
>  of 2019-08-29
> Repository revision: 96dd0196c28bc36779584e47fffcca433c9309cd
> Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 10.0.18362
> Configured using:
>  `configure --without-dbus --host=x86_64-w64-mingw32
>  --without-compress-install 'CFLAGS=-O2 -static -g3''
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> Re: bug#42748: 26.3; Should `move-(beginning|end)-of-line' be in the Elisp manual?
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> > Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2020 09:40:23 -0700 (PDT)
> > From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
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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?
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> It looks like Lisp programs use beginning-of-line and end-of-line
> overwhelmingly more than the move-* counterparts, so it seems like the
> discrepancy is actually justified.
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> So I'm closing this bug report.
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