From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#17916: 24.4.50; `write-region' doc for numeric APPEND arg Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2021 11:28:17 +0200 Message-ID: <87sg0hkzwu.fsf@gnus.org> References: <83wqbu1jmy.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="11461"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 17916@debbugs.gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Jul 14 11:29:10 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1m3bCY-0002n3-6b for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 14 Jul 2021 11:29:10 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:33216 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1m3bCW-0000yD-9s for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 14 Jul 2021 05:29:08 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:33292) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1m3bCQ-0000xn-Fp for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Jul 2021 05:29:02 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:59604) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1m3bCQ-0007RX-8p for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Jul 2021 05:29:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1m3bCQ-0004Vg-47 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Jul 2021 05:29:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2021 09:29:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 17916 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 17916-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B17916.162625490917282 (code B ref 17916); Wed, 14 Jul 2021 09:29:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 17916) by debbugs.gnu.org; 14 Jul 2021 09:28:29 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:42914 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1m3bBt-0004Ug-3P for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 14 Jul 2021 05:28:29 -0400 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]:41254) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1m3bBr-0004UQ-6e for 17916@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 14 Jul 2021 05:28:27 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:Date: References:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender: Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=DSsrkqn21vz2bd6W0GxzBDHS1E1V2Jdvu9LYFT7Pzmk=; b=Sav+qaewf3jhNqjMB6823fGWyq IXdVvPi9/E7f0rqZRwiJdTPIubvY5whJoKYnIdeUZa5Mcg3ZuwcgEopu7cvBZHoT8A/Uw09yF7dC2 N6U9A9iS4ojSWtX5qOahxcBLpGjT4XqL4H0jQ55sbPYya97YttJPf4wzQUNsYe+u004Q=; Original-Received: from cm-84.212.220.105.getinternet.no ([84.212.220.105] helo=elva) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1m3bBi-0001ue-JD; Wed, 14 Jul 2021 11:28:20 +0200 X-Now-Playing: Kid Sister's _Ultra Violet_: "Daydreaming (Feat Cee-Lo)" In-Reply-To: <83wqbu1jmy.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Thu, 03 Jul 2014 19:39:49 +0300") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:209911 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: > This assumes not only that the reader knows about 'seek', it also > assumes that she has general knowledge about writing to files: there > is no "inserting" stuff in the middle of a file. When you write, you > always overwrite whatever is there. Isn't that common knowledge? I agree with Eli that there's nothing that needs clarification here, so I'm closing this bug report. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no