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bug#51236: 27.2/28 small typos/faq correction?
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#51236: 27.2/28 small typos/faq correction? |
Date: |
Sun, 17 Oct 2021 09:10:22 +0300 |
> From: Ian Nehera <delta29@shaw.ca>
> Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2021 15:01:22 -0700
> Cc: 51236@debbugs.gnu.org
>
> > On Oct 16, 2021, at 12:46 AM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
> > "Data" is plural, so I think using plural form here is non incorrect.
>
> It’s not incorrect, it just jumped out to me when I read it. Similar to:
> - There is no data on the disk.
> as opposed to:
> - There are no data on the disk.
> "Data is” and “data are" are both technically correct so I guess this
> one's more of a style choice than a typo.
Yes.
> > What would you suggest to update and how? Both C-y and M-y are
> > mentioned in the manual, and the manual is always more detailed than
> > any other documentation. Could you state the problem you see with the
> > current text?
>
> The cross-referenced manual page (Isearch Yanking) doesn’t mention that
> `isearch-yank-pop’ (27.2) can yank text when the previous command wasn’t
> a yank. The only place it gets mentioned is in a comment in the source:
>
> ;; Fall back on `isearch-yank-kill' for the benefits of people
> ;; who are used to the old behavior of `M-y' in isearch mode. In
> ;; future, this fallback may be changed if we ever change
> ;; `yank-pop' to do something like the kill-ring-browser.
>
> A separate function was made for the `kill-ring-browser’ functionality in 28.1
> (isearch-yank-pop) but the old behaviour is still the default
> (isearch-yank-pop-only).
> If that’s going to be the case long term, there should be a note of it in the
> manual.
> Maybe something like:
>
> …usual ‘M-y’ (‘yank-pop’) command (see Yanking). [However unlike the
> usual
> ‘M-y’, ‘isearch-yank-pop’ will act like ‘C-y’ when the previous command
> wasn’t
> a yank. That is, it will yank the most recent kill.] Clicking
> ‘mouse-2’ in the…
I see no reason to have those details in the manual. Many Emacs
commands have some DWIM-ish aspects, and we don't always document all
of them in such detail.
Does anyone else think it's important to have those details in the
manual?
- bug#51236: 27.2/28 small typos/faq correction?, Ian Nehera, 2021/10/16
- bug#51236: 27.2/28 small typos/faq correction?, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/10/16
- bug#51236: 27.2/28 small typos/faq correction?, Ian Nehera, 2021/10/17
- bug#51236: 27.2/28 small typos/faq correction?,
Eli Zaretskii <=
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- bug#51236: 27.2/28 small typos/faq correction?, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/10/18
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