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Re: Info documentation does not match Help documentation
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Eli Zaretskii |
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Re: Info documentation does not match Help documentation |
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Thu, 16 Aug 2012 22:55:21 +0300 |
> From: Raffaele Ricciardi <rfflrccrd@gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 18:52:42 +0100
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> I've noticed that the documentation for a symbol in Info mode
> doesn't match the documentation for the same symbol in Help mode. I
> expected both documentations to be the documentation string of the
> symbol. Am I missing something?
The text you see doesn't have to be identical, as it comes from two
different places and serves different purposes. "C-h S" brings the
relevant section from the manual, which describes the topic in more
detail. By contrast, the doc string comes from the code itself, and
is a concise description of the symbol, and it alone.
The information should be similar and consistent, though. If you spot
any inconsistencies, please report them as bugs using "M-x
report-emacs-bug".