From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 60103-done@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#60103: 28.2; Doc string of `previous-history-element'
Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2022 20:48:19 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83sfhfi3rg.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <SJ0PR10MB54884D62C7ADDFF9150C42C0F3E69@SJ0PR10MB5488.namprd10.prod.outlook.com> (message from Drew Adams on Fri, 16 Dec 2022 17:53:34 +0000)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> CC: "60103@debbugs.gnu.org" <60103@debbugs.gnu.org>
> Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2022 17:53:34 +0000
>
> > > The doc string says this:
> > >
> > > Puts previous element of the minibuffer history in the minibuffer.
> > > With argument N, it uses the Nth previous element.
> > >
> > > That second line makes it sound like arg N is optional. It's not -
> > > there is no _without_ argument N.
> >
> > What do you mean by "no _without_"? This command is bound to M-p in
> > the minibuffer, and I can definitely invoke it as "just" M-n,
> > _without_ any prefix argument.
>
> I mean "without argument N", not "without a prefix
> arg".
>
> It's not possible to invoke the function without
> providing argument N - it's not optional.
>
> If you want to say something like "With numeric
> prefix argument N..." then that would be fine.
That's what I did (the original doc string didn't mention the prefix
argument explicitly, but clearly alluded to that when it said
"argument").
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2022-12-15 21:05 bug#60103: 28.2; Doc string of `previous-history-element' Drew Adams
2022-12-16 15:33 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-12-16 17:53 ` Drew Adams
2022-12-16 18:48 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
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