From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
Cc: xfq.free@gmail.com, stephen.berman@gmx.net, 13810@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#13810: 24.3.50; Docstring of `newline' is confusing
Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2020 19:20:59 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83imkzpi4k.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87pnf77dfq.fsf@marxist.se> (message from Stefan Kangas on Sat, 25 Jan 2020 16:39:37 +0100)
> From: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
> Cc: Xue Fuqiao <xfq.free@gmail.com>, stephen.berman@gmx.net,
> 13810@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2020 16:39:37 +0100
>
> 1. emacs -Q
> 2. M-x fundamental-mode
> 3. M-x set-variable RET left-margin RET 3 RET
>
> Now `newline' (RET) does not indent to column 3. However,
> `electric-newline-and-maybe-indent' (C-j) does indent to that
> column. This seems to contradict the doc string of `left-margin',
> which says "Linefeed indents to this column in Fundamental mode."
Linefeed is not RET, nor "newline". It's C-j.
> I also found some possibility for improving the doc string of
> `newline', and propose the attached patch. WDYT?
That's OK, but it's unrelated, isn't it?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-01-25 17:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-02-25 10:03 bug#13810: 24.3.50; Docstring of `newline' is confusing Xue Fuqiao
2013-02-25 12:23 ` Stephen Berman
2013-02-25 12:48 ` Xue Fuqiao
2013-02-25 13:05 ` Stephen Berman
2013-02-25 13:27 ` Xue Fuqiao
2013-02-25 15:50 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-02-25 22:33 ` Xue Fuqiao
2013-02-26 3:46 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-01-25 15:39 ` Stefan Kangas
2020-01-25 17:20 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2020-01-25 18:05 ` Stefan Kangas
2020-01-25 18:29 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-02-25 15:30 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-02-25 16:43 ` Stephen Berman
2013-02-25 13:18 ` Stephen Berman
2013-02-25 13:35 ` Xue Fuqiao
2020-09-21 14:35 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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