From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#19255: 25.0.50; doc string of `compare-buffer-substrings' Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2016 18:21:04 +0200 Message-ID: <87vb2zkqz3.fsf@gnus.org> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1462033362 31037 80.91.229.3 (30 Apr 2016 16:22:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2016 16:22:42 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 19255@debbugs.gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Apr 30 18:22:31 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1awXf4-00070J-IN for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 18:22:30 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:58933 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awXf0-00032i-Ks for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 12:22:26 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:41793) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awXes-0002pp-29 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 12:22:24 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awXeg-0005Pc-BV for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 12:22:12 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:45749) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awXeg-0005OW-89 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 12:22:06 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1awXec-0003X2-Te for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 12:22:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2016 16:22:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 19255 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 19255-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B19255.146203327013461 (code B ref 19255); Sat, 30 Apr 2016 16:22:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 19255) by debbugs.gnu.org; 30 Apr 2016 16:21:10 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58076 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1awXdm-0003V3-8b for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 12:21:10 -0400 Original-Received: from hermes.netfonds.no ([80.91.224.195]:58173) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1awXdk-0003Uv-JN for 19255@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 12:21:08 -0400 Original-Received: from cm-84.215.1.64.getinternet.no ([84.215.1.64] helo=mouse) by hermes.netfonds.no with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1awXdi-0004EM-2k; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 18:21:08 +0200 In-Reply-To: (Drew Adams's message of "Tue, 2 Dec 2014 09:31:04 -0800 (PST)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:117372 Archived-At: Drew Adams writes: > All that is given to describe the parameters is the vague statement that > "Each substring is represented as three arguments: BUFFER, START and > END." Represented how? It should say that each substring is the text > in BUFFERN from STARTN to ENDN, for N=1,2. I just changed it to The first substring is in BUFFER1 from START1 to END1 and the second is in BUFFER2 from START2 to END2. No math necessary. :-) -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no