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bug#25439: bug#40460: 26.3; Make arg of `forward-whitespace' and `forwar
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Lars Ingebrigtsen |
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bug#25439: bug#40460: 26.3; Make arg of `forward-whitespace' and `forward-symbol' optional |
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Mon, 01 Mar 2021 16:37:58 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
> The numeric argument to most `forward-*' commands is optional,
> defaulting to 1. This should be the case in general. These three
> commands require their ARG, but they should not. It should be
> optional and default to 1.
>
> `forward-button'
> `forward-symbol'
> `forward-whitespace'
It's true that this is somewhat inconsistent -- but I also think it's a
mistake that the other `forward-*' functions have an optional argument.
So I don't think making these follow that pattern is a move in the right
direction, and I'm closing this bug report.
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- bug#25439: bug#40460: 26.3; Make arg of `forward-whitespace' and `forward-symbol' optional,
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