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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 21447@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#21447: 25.0.50; doc string of `character-fold-search'
Date: Sun, 01 May 2016 00:13:04 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <8737q2924v.fsf@gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9c816276-095f-4d86-8666-06c8f3270e77@default> (Drew Adams's message of "Wed, 9 Sep 2015 08:43:24 -0700 (PDT)")

Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:

> 1. This should be a defcustom, not a defvar.  But this improvement has
> apparently already been agreed to (per emacs-devel correspondence).
>
> 2. The doc string should treat characters as characters.  It should not
> just put " and a inline, with no syntax making them stand out.
>
> They should be written as `?\"' and `?a'.  Or at least as ?\" and ?a.
> Or possibly as `"' and `a'.
>
> 3. Please replace "(and then some)" by some indication of what is meant
> by it.  Just say that `?a' also matches other kinds of "a-like"
> characters, such as <GIVE AN EXAMPLE>.

I can't find a variable called `character-fold-search'...

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  reply	other threads:[~2016-04-30 22:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-09-09 15:43 bug#21447: 25.0.50; doc string of `character-fold-search' Drew Adams
2016-04-30 22:13 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2016-05-01  1:11   ` Drew Adams

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