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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Allen Li <darkfeline@felesatra.moe>
Cc: 34263@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#34263: 26.1; documentation for kmacro-insert-counter C-u is wrong
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2019 17:21:13 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <83o97wzwd2.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CADbSrJwYaAcT6yNVnYOyu2ne4qVZLX1+TgPi2c3R8J4b1bMpOQ@mail.gmail.com> (message from Allen Li on Thu, 31 Jan 2019 09:54:28 +0000)

> From: Allen Li <darkfeline@felesatra.moe>
> Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2019 09:54:28 +0000
> 
> The documentation for the behavior of C-u argument to
> kmacro-insert-counter is wrong everywhere (both in the docstring and
> manual, and also for kmacro-start-macro-or-insert-counter).

Isn't this the same issue as the one you raised in bug#31243?  Which
is already solved in the Git repository for Emacs 26.2?

> It says that supplying C-u is the same as supplying C-u 0.  This is
> completely wrong, and has caused confusion for multiple users (I can
> dig up some links if desired).  C-u 0 inserts the current value of the
> kmacro counter without incrementing it.  C-u inserts the *previous*
> value of the kmacro counter, which is usually one less than the
> current value.

Please look at the documentation on the emacs-26 branch and tell what
exactly is wrong/unclear/confusing there.

Thanks.





  reply	other threads:[~2019-01-31 15:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-01-31  9:54 bug#34263: 26.1; documentation for kmacro-insert-counter C-u is wrong Allen Li
2019-01-31 15:21 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2019-01-31 21:41   ` Allen Li
2019-02-01 10:00     ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-02-01 15:36       ` Eli Zaretskii

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