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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Takesi Ayanokoji <ayanokoji.takesi@gmail.com>
Cc: 31725-done@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#31725: Mysterious file in lispref manual's example(emacs-26.1)
Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2018 19:09:02 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <83in6x9pwh.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAN7WbiY=9doDf5DkujB=Wi5tDhSQuOJ6=fYcKukhqtRXYYQbgA@mail.gmail.com> (message from Takesi Ayanokoji on Wed, 6 Jun 2018 00:37:28 +0900)

> From: Takesi Ayanokoji <ayanokoji.takesi@gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2018 00:37:28 +0900
> 
> In doc/lispref/files.texi: 1671-1674, example says about "foo1".
> 
> >>> start here
> @group
> (add-name-to-file "foo1" "foo3")
>      @result{} nil
> @end group
> <<< end here
> 
>  But I could not find meaning of this file in this example's context.

It's just a file name.  It has no meaning beyond that.  the example
shows how to create a hard link to a file.

> Is this @group-block necessary? 

It prevents a multi-line example from being split between pages, see
the Texinfo manual for the details of @group.

Thanks.





      reply	other threads:[~2018-06-05 16:09 UTC|newest]

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2018-06-05 15:37 bug#31725: Mysterious file in lispref manual's example(emacs-26.1) Takesi Ayanokoji
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