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spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=moasenwood@zoho.eu; dmarc=pass header.from= header.from= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; t=1554490745; s=admin; d=zoho.eu; i=moasenwood@zoho.eu; h=From:To:Subject:Date:Message-ID:MIME-Version:Content-Type; l=8289; bh=f7JeF8i3qfFZbXl1b2gq2nagDZsmilf+IWpTq675c4A=; b=YWQsbHcfosNECT85zbrfEFu73aPq3KWwlrvZ6xHTP2BiQFl8dhohOfKOIhN+jAfQ qom0fowDkhocCLXZENhajAhh1xVomC5A+gwkmd5RAU+d1VJcj1zutkPaM28k/v4cy+L qqj4lUdPNsJ41GRpLfRJexNBGJvBWGYOZr1HJa98= Original-Received: from raspberrypi.zoho.eu (c-b895225c.021-67-7570702.bbcust.telenor.se [92.34.149.184]) by mx.zoho.eu with SMTPS id 1554490745065718.4363534371095; Fri, 5 Apr 2019 20:59:05 +0200 (CEST) Mail-Copies-To: never X-ZohoMailClient: External X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 209.51.188.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:157236 Archived-At: The `re-search-forward' docstring does not mention its arguments according to the norm. And it makes sense, often the first thing I do when I bring up the help buffer for a function is to search for a particular argument to see what it does. In GNU Emacs 25.1.1 (arm-unknown-linux-gnueabihf, GTK+ Version 3.22.11) of 2017-09-16, modified by Debian built on bm-wb-02 System Description: Raspbian GNU/Linux 9.8 (stretch) Configured using: 'configure --build arm-linux-gnueabihf --prefix=/usr --sharedstatedir=/var/lib --libexecdir=/usr/lib --localstatedir=/var/lib --infodir=/usr/share/info --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-pop=yes --enable-locallisppath=/etc/emacs25:/etc/emacs:/usr/local/share/emacs/25.1/site-lisp:/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/25.1/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp --with-sound=alsa --build arm-linux-gnueabihf --prefix=/usr --sharedstatedir=/var/lib --libexecdir=/usr/lib --localstatedir=/var/lib --infodir=/usr/share/info --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-pop=yes --enable-locallisppath=/etc/emacs25:/etc/emacs:/usr/local/share/emacs/25.1/site-lisp:/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/25.1/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp --with-sound=alsa --with-x=yes --with-x-toolkit=gtk3 --with-toolkit-scroll-bars 'CFLAGS=-g -O2 -fdebug-prefix-map=/build/emacs25-pkwV6G/emacs25-25.1+1=. -fstack-protector-strong -Wformat -Werror=format-security -Wall' 'CPPFLAGS=-Wdate-time -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2' LDFLAGS=-Wl,-z,relro' Configured features: XPM JPEG TIFF GIF PNG RSVG IMAGEMAGICK SOUND GPM DBUS GCONF GSETTINGS NOTIFY ACL LIBSELINUX GNUTLS LIBXML2 FREETYPE M17N_FLT LIBOTF XFT ZLIB TOOLKIT_SCROLL_BARS GTK3 X11 Important settings: value of $LANG: en_GB.UTF-8 locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix Major mode: Help Minor modes in effect: show-paren-mode: t shell-dirtrack-mode: t erc-list-mode: t erc-menu-mode: t erc-autojoin-mode: t erc-ring-mode: t erc-networks-mode: t erc-pcomplete-mode: t erc-match-mode: t erc-button-mode: t erc-fill-mode: t erc-stamp-mode: t erc-netsplit-mode: t erc-irccontrols-mode: t erc-noncommands-mode: t erc-move-to-prompt-mode: t erc-readonly-mode: t erc-scrolltobottom-mode: t global-eldoc-mode: t electric-indent-mode: t mouse-wheel-mode: t tool-bar-mode: t global-font-lock-mode: t font-lock-mode: t auto-composition-mode: t auto-compression-mode: t buffer-read-only: t transient-mark-mode: t Recent messages: next-line: End of buffer [3 times] previous-line: Beginning of buffer [6 times] This is the one occurrence. [6 times] Type "q" to restore previous buffer, M-x scroll-up to scroll help. hit: 125 This is the one occurrence. [2 times] Mark set Saving file /home/incal/ooa/doodle.el... 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