From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#51236: 27.2/28 small typos/faq correction? Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2021 10:46:47 +0300 Message-ID: <834k9hif88.fsf@gnu.org> References: <001E06F1-5371-4644-9575-C5DC220D12FC@shaw.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="21651"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: 51236@debbugs.gnu.org To: Ian Nehera Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sat Oct 16 09:48:12 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mbeQL-0005T3-EM for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 16 Oct 2021 09:48:09 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34666 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mbeQJ-0005Nj-UI for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 16 Oct 2021 03:48:07 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:39266) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mbeQD-0005NE-V4 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 16 Oct 2021 03:48:01 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:57589) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mbeQD-0005hX-Lx for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 16 Oct 2021 03:48:01 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mbeQD-0006xM-Iw for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 16 Oct 2021 03:48:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2021 07:48:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 51236 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 51236-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B51236.163437042424607 (code B ref 51236); Sat, 16 Oct 2021 07:48:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 51236) by debbugs.gnu.org; 16 Oct 2021 07:47:04 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40902 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mbePG-0006Mh-CD for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 16 Oct 2021 03:47:04 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:37168) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mbePA-0006E3-RA for 51236@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 16 Oct 2021 03:47:01 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:42524) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mbeP4-0004kq-J7; Sat, 16 Oct 2021 03:46:50 -0400 Original-Received: from [87.69.77.57] (port=3591 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mbeP1-0004AQ-CF; Sat, 16 Oct 2021 03:46:50 -0400 In-Reply-To: <001E06F1-5371-4644-9575-C5DC220D12FC@shaw.ca> (message from Ian Nehera on Fri, 15 Oct 2021 22:03:08 -0700) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:217352 Archived-At: > From: Ian Nehera > Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2021 22:03:08 -0700 > > Hi, I found a couple small typos in 27.2 that are still present in the source for 28.1. Thank you for your reports. > doc/lispref/searching.texi line 2174: missing ’s’ on "describe" > - Because the match data normally describe[s] … > > url-retrieve-synchronously doc-string > lisp/url/url.el line 229: > - Original: ...or nil if there are no data associated with it (the … > - Change V1: there [is] no data ... > - Change V2: or nil if [the buffer contains] no data […] (the … "Data" is plural, so I think using plural form here is non incorrect. > The other thing I found is that the Emacs FAQ. > > doc/misc/efaq.texi line 1905: > Yanking text in isearch recommends ‘M-y’ for yanking text out of the kill > ring. This works, but the cross referenced manual page only mentions > the usual ‘C-y’ method with ‘M-y’ yanking previous kills. Is the manual > out of date or should the FAQ be updated? 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? Thanks again for your interest in Emacs documentation.