From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 33339-done@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#33339: 26; doc string of `write-file`
Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2018 18:20:36 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83h8gna8mj.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1c69fed6-2e30-46a2-92dd-7f8ae6d62928@default> (message from Drew Adams on Sat, 10 Nov 2018 14:42:16 -0800 (PST))
> Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2018 14:42:16 -0800 (PST)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
>
> "If you specify just a directory name as FILENAME, that means to use
> the default file name but in that directory. You can also yank
> the default file name into the minibuffer to edit it, using M-n."
>
> "The default file name" is undefined.
It is defined by the very next paragraph of the doc string. I made it
even more clear.
> To start with, the doc string should say that it prompts for a file
> name. If the current buffer is visiting a file then that file's name is
> the default file name for reading. Otherwise the buffer name is the
> default file name for reading.
This is incorrect when the user specifies just the directory name at
the prompt. I clarified that only the base name is taken from the
buffer.
Thanks.
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2018-11-10 22:42 bug#33339: 26; doc string of `write-file` Drew Adams
2018-11-11 16:20 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
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2018-11-11 16:55 ` Drew Adams
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