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Re: Emacs 25.1.50: Isn't 2nd line of "insert" function documentation wro
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Eli Zaretskii |
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Re: Emacs 25.1.50: Isn't 2nd line of "insert" function documentation wrong? |
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Wed, 04 May 2016 19:38:14 +0300 |
> From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <address@hidden>
> Date: Wed, 04 May 2016 18:30:55 +0200
> Cc: emacs-devel <address@hidden>
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> Robert Weiner <address@hidden> writes:
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> > It reads: "Point and before-insertion markers move forward to end up
> > after the inserted text."
> >
> > Shouldn't it be: "Point and after-insertion markers move forward to
> > end up after the inserted text."
> >
> > This might be even better: "Point and markers with an insertion type
> > of t move forward to after the inserted text."
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> Uhm... I think that sounds correct? Anybody?
The former wording, not the latter.
This doc bug is strange: the feature was coded from the get-go to move
the after-insertion markers after the inserted text, but the doc
string says the contrary. So unlike Richard and those who helped him
back then.