From: Filipp Gunbin <fgunbin@fastmail.fm>
To: nljlistbox2@gmail.com (N. Jackson)
Cc: 32047@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#32047: 26.1; Misleading/confusing text about `C-k' in TUTORIAL
Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2018 19:06:25 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2muuwmoam.fsf@fgunbin.playteam.ru> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87efg94i3a.fsf@moondust.localdomain> (N. Jackson's message of "Wed, 11 Jul 2018 16:45:29 -0400")
On 11/07/2018 16:45 -0400, N. Jackson wrote:
> Perhaps you did not read the OP [1]. There's nothing special
> about the beginning of the line when using C-k to kill the rest
> of the line, but when C-k is used to "kill the contents of the
> line" -- as it is in the example -- then point must be at the
> beginning of the line.
>
> The writer of the Tutorial makes an assumption that point is at
> the beginning of the line without telling the reader of that
> assumption.
>
>
> [1] https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=32047#5
Ah, it's about "contents of the whole line" vs. "contents of the line
from point to end of line".
Anyway, I'd read that "Note that a single C-k..." as an additional note
about the actions the user just did, so there is context. Otherwise,
it'd start just with "A single C-k...".
Filipp
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-07-12 16:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-07-04 1:34 bug#32047: 26.1; Misleading/confusing text about `C-k' in TUTORIAL N. Jackson
2018-07-11 16:12 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-11 19:14 ` Filipp Gunbin
2018-07-11 20:45 ` N. Jackson
2018-07-12 16:06 ` Filipp Gunbin [this message]
2018-07-11 19:46 ` N. Jackson
2018-07-12 14:14 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-12 20:09 ` N. Jackson
2018-07-13 6:19 ` Eli Zaretskii
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