From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 37334-done@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#37334: 26.3; doc string of `backward-word'
Date: Sat, 07 Sep 2019 22:11:02 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83sgp753cp.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <eab9c396-a7d9-4879-82f7-b6683e49a9af@default> (message from Drew Adams on Sat, 7 Sep 2019 11:58:08 -0700 (PDT))
tags 37334 notabug
thanks
> Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2019 11:58:08 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
>
> This paragraph does not belong in the doc string of `backward-word':
>
> The word boundaries are normally determined by the buffer's
> syntax table and character script (according to
> 'char-script-table'), but 'find-word-boundary-function-table',
> such as set up by 'subword-mode', can change that. If a Lisp
> program needs to move by words determined strictly by the syntax
> table, it should use 'backward-word-strictly' instead. See Info
> node '(elisp) Word Motion' for details.
I see no reason to claim this "doesn't belong", as it clearly _is_
relevant to word movement. See also bug#22560 for some additional
background.
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-09-07 18:58 bug#37334: 26.3; doc string of `backward-word' Drew Adams
2019-09-07 19:11 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
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2019-09-08 0:50 ` Drew Adams
2019-09-08 12:40 ` Noam Postavsky
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