Re: 1) (elisp) `Advising Named Functions', 2) search filtering example

[Richard Stallman]

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  > That's because you misunderstand its doc.  The confusion comes from the
  > multiple uses of the name "hook".  There are basically two uses of
  > the word "hook" in the context of Emacs:

The job of documentation is to be understood.  If a user who is
generally sensible misunderstands a certain point, that's not per
fault, it's the documentation's fault.

Can we discourage the more general meaning of "hook"?

  > the word "hook" in the context of Emacs:

  > - a very generic sense, which refers to some kind of way to influence
  >   the behavior of something.

Is there anything in our manuals that encourages this conflicting sense
of the word?

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