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bug#55527: 28.1; Clearer abbrev docstrings
From: |
Howard Melman |
Subject: |
bug#55527: 28.1; Clearer abbrev docstrings |
Date: |
Sat, 21 May 2022 14:26:29 -0400 |
> On May 21, 2022, at 2:06 PM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
>
>> From: Howard Melman <hmelman@gmail.com>
>> Date: Sat, 21 May 2022 13:49:48 -0400
>> Cc: 55527@debbugs.gnu.org
>>
>> The existing docstrings for these commands had "word(s)" in them
>> and I don't think that's what made them unclear. I also think it's a
>> common case to define an abbrev for a multi-word expansion.
>
> I disagree, and let's leave it at that.
>
>> Also, I see now that the inverse- versions of these command treat a
>> negative argument as reversing the direction to find the word to use
>> as the abbreviation but the (old and new) docstrings fails to mention
>> this. I'm not sure if that's intentional or not (IMO it's an odd use case).
>
> This is unrelated. The effect of negative argument was implied; I've
> now made it explicit.
>
> Our disagreement aside, are there any other issues left?
Nope. Thanks.
Howard
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- bug#55527: 28.1; Clearer abbrev docstrings,
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