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From: David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
To: rms@gnu.org
Cc: drew.adams@oracle.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: should query-replace-regexp-eval be in the manual?
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 18:37:56 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <851wihd4ez.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1HeBZy-0001Zw-7i@fencepost.gnu.org> (Richard Stallman's message of "Wed\, 18 Apr 2007 10\:56\:18 -0400")

Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:

>     Done.  I mentioned this in NEWS.  I am not sure about the DOC string
>     of `query-replace-regexp-eval', though: since it is obsoleted, would
>     it be appropriate to have all the info except that of its deprecation
>     be ripped from it?
>
> Our general policy is to retain the information about a function and
> what it does, when we make it obsolete.  I see no reason to make a
> special exception for this function.

Oh, I was not asking for an exception, but rather about the rule.

> So please do not delete anything.

Done.

-- 
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum

      reply	other threads:[~2007-04-18 16:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-04-13 16:41 should query-replace-regexp-eval be in the manual? Drew Adams
2007-04-14  9:47 ` Alan Mackenzie
2007-04-14 14:43   ` Drew Adams
2007-04-15 21:56     ` David Kastrup
2007-04-15 22:03       ` David Kastrup
2007-04-15 22:11         ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-04-15 22:55           ` Drew Adams
2007-04-16  0:51             ` Robert J. Chassell
2007-04-16  3:45               ` Stefan Monnier
2007-04-15 22:54       ` Drew Adams
2007-04-16 15:37       ` Richard Stallman
2007-04-16 17:22         ` David Kastrup
2007-04-17 18:03           ` Richard Stallman
2007-04-17 23:27             ` David Kastrup
2007-04-18 14:56               ` Richard Stallman
2007-04-18 16:37                 ` David Kastrup [this message]

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