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bug#37334: 26.3; doc string of `backward-word'
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Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#37334: 26.3; doc string of `backward-word' |
Date: |
Sat, 07 Sep 2019 22:11:02 +0300 |
tags 37334 notabug
thanks
> Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2019 11:58:08 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
>
> This paragraph does not belong in the doc string of `backward-word':
>
> The word boundaries are normally determined by the buffer's
> syntax table and character script (according to
> 'char-script-table'), but 'find-word-boundary-function-table',
> such as set up by 'subword-mode', can change that. If a Lisp
> program needs to move by words determined strictly by the syntax
> table, it should use 'backward-word-strictly' instead. See Info
> node '(elisp) Word Motion' for details.
I see no reason to claim this "doesn't belong", as it clearly _is_
relevant to word movement. See also bug#22560 for some additional
background.